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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)...
Request Quotation for Wavelength Services In one of our posts, A Guide To Carrier Wide Area Networking (WAN) Solutions, we discussed a number of wide area networking solutions available to enterprises, institutions and other organizations. Some of the options include building complete WAN infrastructure, dark fiber,...
Depending on their size and requirements, organizations can connect to the Internet in a variety of ways including IP transit, peering, dedicated Internet access and mass market broadband access. In this article, I focus on IP transit and its use by Internet Service Providers (ISPs),...
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 (or E1 lines in EMEA) and their variants such as T2,T3…T5 have been around for a long time – from as far back as the 1960s. Despite relentless pressure from emerging higher bandwidth, and low cost/bit technologies T1 lines remain relevant for certain...
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...