Playing Tourist
My wife and I played tourist in London lately. Its not that we hadnt spent much time in the city before. In fact, wed spent lots of time over the years from living and working in the south for BT in the 90s, to watching our daughter graduate from the [...]
When it rains…
We set a new rainfall record here in Virginia in the last few days. We have now exceeded 15 days of rain compared to the previous record of 10. Some say it feels like we live in a perpetual rainforest. Thankfully, there have been a few respites in the hours [...]
SubOptic 2016
Im not one of the oldsters; my first SubOptic was only at Versailles in 1993 with my family in tow. In those days the exhibitors were relegated to a large tent outside the main proceedings. The technical papers were presented somewhere else, and because I pulled booth duty, I [...]
WFN Strategies Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary
After more than a decade designing, engineering and implementing submarine optical cable systems around the world, WFN Strategies is celebrating its 15th year as an industry leader in system consultancy and contracting. Established in March 2001, WFN Strategies is headquartered in Sterling, Virginia, just outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area, [...]
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in
I spent the last few days mulling over what to talk about for my part in the opening submarine cable session at PTC '16. I am normally quite happy to sit quietly in the audience and listen to others opine about our industry, and learn a few things in the [...]
WFN STRATEGIES TO PRESENT AND EXHIBIT AT PTC 16
WFN Strategies will be presenting and exhibiting at the upcoming Pacific Telecommunications Council 2016 conference and exhibition, which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from 17 to 20 January. On Sunday of the conference, WFN Strategies Managing Director, Wayne Nielsen, will be presenting alongside a panel of 7 industry experts [...]
