Tag: Internet

September 2, 2021

According to new statistics from DataReportal, the average user spends seven hours per day on the internet, and over 66% of the global population spends four of those hours on their cell phone. In one year, average mobile speeds have […]

August 30, 2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the internet has been a real lifeline for all of us, keeping us connected to each other, our workplaces, friends, and families. If there’s something we learned during the pandemic, it is how to […]

August 18, 2021

What’s amazing about the best mesh Wi-Fi routers is they’ll expand your network to cover every corner of your home or office the way your current router never could. Instead of a single unit, these routers are made of multiple […]

August 13, 2021

AT&T will not be able to build out as much fiber as it had planned to deploy this year due to supply chain issues, the carrier’s CFO said earlier this week. Pascal Desroches, AT&T’s senior EVP and CFO, said at […]

August 10, 2021

For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government […]

July 27, 2021

There is arguably no networking technology surrounded by more hype than software defined WANs (SD-WAN), and much of it is well deserved. A significant number of network professionals either have an SD-WAN deployment underway or on their near-term roadmap. The […]

July 20, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, SD-WAN was primarily a niche technology pitched to enterprises as a way to cut costs and improve WAN flexibility by allowing traffic to burst directly from the branch office to the Internet, rather than backhauling it […]

July 15, 2021

Verizon Business has expanded its fixed-wireless internet offering, 5G Business Internet, to a total of 42 U.S. cities, a rapid expansion from the previous total of 24 announced in April. The offering, available in parts of these cities, is supported […]

June 28, 2021

What will the internet look like going forward? I recently spoke with Jonathan Davidson, SVP and GM of Cisco Mass-Scale Infrastructure Group. He did a great job of clearing away the confusion and showing us exactly what Cisco’s technology means […]

June 16, 2021

Rural areas have struggled for years with slow or unreliable internet access. Some have not had access to the internet at all. This is especially true for the 18 million Americans living in rural areas without access to a broadband […]

June 4, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequality in our society — and how lack of Internet connectivity can exacerbate that divide. Across the country, as students were sent home to learn remotely and workers were asked to work from home, those […]

May 19, 2021

What impact will the Emergency Broadband Benefit have on broadband affordability? A pair of recent surveys shed some light on how much the program, which provides direct payments to broadband providers to help defray the costs of broadband service, could […]

May 17, 2021

The year is 2021. SD-WAN and cloud adoptions have increased significantly, accelerated in particular by the move to remote working. You would’ve thought that, by now, the process of ordering, implementing, and managing Internet connectivity for businesses should be relatively […]

April 19, 2021

Congratulations to T-Mobile for introducing their Home Internet service. There is a growing market for this service. How well does this service work? Based on what I hear so far, it sounds pretty interesting. T-Mobile says that they have a […]

April 2, 2021

Google and Facebook have unveiled plans for two new undersea cables linking North America and the Asia-Pacific region. Facebook said the new undersea cables known as Echo and Bifrost will provide vital new connections between the Asia-Pacific region and North […]

January 21, 2021

The Wi-FI 6 standard (802.11ax) is bringing many exciting improvements to Wi-Fi that make it an enticing option. These include speed, in the form of real-world multi-gigabit wireless connections, but also support for high-density networks like those in stadiums. However, […]

November 24, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission has affirmed an earlier decision which found that two companies essentially posed as independent small businesses in order to receive discounted spectrum prices on behalf of Dish Network, but were in fact controlled and funded by […]

November 9, 2020

It’s the year 1950, and I’m asking you what you imagine technology would be in 70 years; what would you say? My guess is you proceed to list out some science-fiction-like answers such as the existence of space exploration programs, […]

October 6, 2020

If you are looking for a career with almost unlimited growth potential, cybersecurity might well be the ideal path for you. The ideal candidate will have a good blend of both tech and soft skills. Technical skills can be broken […]

September 30, 2020

The advent of the work-from-home era, the rise of new cybersecurity threats, and recent advancements in cloud technologies have combined to increase the need for VPN networks with high-security standards for organizations all over the world. When it comes to […]