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Telia Carrier, a leading Tier 1 Global Internet backbone provider, has added a third Point of Presence (PoP) in Switzerland. Collocated at Colozurich data center, the PoP will help Teleia Carrier meet the growing demand for connectivity and cloud services in Europe. The addition of the...
As cloud services, medical imaging, video streaming, and other bandwidth hungry applications continue to drive requirements for faster and cost-effective networks, Ethernet has become a technology of choice for many businesses and institutions. Although Ethernet was initially developed for short reach Local Area Network (LAN)...
Organizations that need to move large volumes of data between locations have several wide-area networking options. These include building their own fiber infrastructure, leasing dark fiber, using wavelength services, or relying on packet-based services such as VPNs and carrier Ethernet. Among these options, wavelength services have...
The modern internet relies on a complex network of interconnected providers that exchange traffic across continents, cities, and data centers. At the heart of this ecosystem is IP-Transit, a foundational service that allows networks to reach the entire global internet through a high-capacity backbone provider. For...
Research Internet Access Near You The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, recently proposed an order to put $500 Million funding towards closing the rural-urban digital divide. While this signals an acknowledgement of the divide by the federal government, it doesn’t even begin...
Research Business Internet Providers Access to high speed Internet is enabling Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) opportunities previously reserved only for large enterprises. Global market reach and access to cloud services that previously required exorbitant on premises infrastructure are now possible for SMEs. According to a...
Research Gbit Access Options Near You A search for Internet packages from business Internet providers will reveal a wide variability in prices for the same bandwidth. For example, a search for a 1Gbps symmetric download connection to the Internet revealed a range of prices from as...
T1 Lines: Why This Classic Technology Remains Relevant Today T1 lines (or E1 lines in EMEA) and their higher-order variants—T2, T3, and beyond—have been around since the 1960s. Despite the rise of high-speed broadband and low-cost connectivity options, T1 lines continue to serve critical roles in...
Dark fiber is fiber that is not connected to transmission equipment and is not in use. When network operators deploy fiber optic infrastructure, they typically install excess fibers within a cable or excess cables within a duct. For example, an operator may install a 144...
As demand for cost-effective and higher bandwidth connectivity services continue to increase, more enterprises are migrating from legacy services such as 155 Mbps STM-1/OC-3 circuits to Business Ethernet Services. Because of its lower cost/bit, ubiquity, and familiarity, the industry has pushed Ethernet from its original...