FiberGuide Technical Blog

10 Jul T1 Lines | At 1.5Mbps and over $200/month, why have they remained relevant?

Posted at 18:29h in Internet Access, Uncategorized 0 Comments [social_share]

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...

06 Jul Business Internet Providers vs Dedicated Internet Providers

Posted at 16:53h in Business Internet Providers 0 Comments [social_share]

Find Dedicated Internet Providers Near You In FiberGuide pages, the phrases “business Internet providers” and “dedicated Internet providers” are referenced a lot, especially as they relate to providers in GeoQuote. We...

01 Jul Logix Fiber Routes Added to Service Map in GeoQuote

Posted at 19:34h in Geoquote 0 Comments [social_share]

The Logix fiber maps were recently added to the service maps section of GeoQuote, a real-time commercial carrier research tool. GeoQuote is used by FiberGuide and other Telarus agents to...

21 Jun Considering Leasing Dark Fiber? – Some Important Factors to Consider

Posted at 18:20h in Fiber Optics, Uncategorized 0 Comments [social_share]

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...

14 Jun Business Ethernet Services: Questions to Ask Before Leasing

Posted at 19:11h in Business Ethernet, Carrier Ethernet 0 Comments [social_share]

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...

27 Dec GeoQuote – A Real Time Carrier Services Pricing Tool

Posted at 13:37h in Broadband, Geoquote, Internet Access, wide area networks 0 Comments [social_share]

Go To GeQuote! GeoQuote is a free, real time carrier services pricing and locating tool. This article is a brief summary of GeoQuote and how it is used. There are over 3,000...

18 Dec Review of Field Trials of Terrestrial 400G and Other Higher Data Rate Systems Beyond 100G

Posted at 16:54h in 400G, Fiber Optics 0 Comments [social_share]

Over the past five years, many operators and service providers have been trialing 400G technologies on their live networks. In this article, we summarize findings from the review of over...

04 Dec Advances in 10Gbps Broadband Access

Posted at 15:17h in Broadband, Internet Access 0 Comments [social_share]

Local ISPs appear to be falling over themselves in a rush to offer 10Gbps broadband Internet services to residential customers. We ask: why are they doing it? And: is 10Gbps...

01 Nov Low Loss Optical Fibers for Higher Data Rates in Long Haul Terrestrial Networks

Posted at 16:27h in Fiber Optics 0 Comments [social_share]

As the telecommunication industry slowly migrates to 100Gb/s transmission in long distance terrestrial optical networks and plans for even higher data rates of 400Gb/s and beyond, improving system OSNR and...

20 Oct New IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standards Study Group – Beyond 10km Optical PHYs

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The growth in bandwidth demand continues to drive standardization activities, including those of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Standards, for new networking technologies. Video streaming over mobile devices, ride sharing applications, connected...