Networks

Jan 21, 2026

TeleGeography at PTC 2026

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Oct 22, 2025

Global Connectivity Update: a European...

Download TeleGeography Research Analyst Stacey Parker's presentation slides about global connectivity...

Sep 16, 2025

Telecom Mythbusters - TeleGeography at...

The Telecom Mythbusters are back. Download the SubOptic conference presentation slides from...

Jan 2, 2026

Middle East Connectivity Update

Download Paul Brodsky's presentation slides about global and Middle Eastern connectivity.

Jan 20, 2026

TeleGeography at Capacity LATAM 2025

Senior Research Analyst Juan Velandia recently ventured to Capacity LATAM 2025 to highlight the state of...

May 2, 2025

Download TeleGeography's State of the...

TeleGeography's State of the Network is a free annual report highlighting what you need to know about...

Jan 30, 2026

Resources | Networks

Networks | TeleGeography’s resource center is your hub for telecom intelligence and analysis from the...

Blog

Jan 13, 2026

Building Network Resiliency with...

Network resilience is a critical concern for every business, regardless of size or industry....

Podcast Episode

Dec 22, 2025

What to Know About the Cloud and Data...

Podcast Episode

Dec 17, 2025

What to Know About Transport Networks...

Podcast Episode

Dec 11, 2025

How Great ISPs Nail Their Net Promoter...

Blog

Dec 8, 2025

Prep for PTC With Our Experts

What will everyone be talking about at PTC'26, and what headlines do you need to brush up on...

Blog

Nov 20, 2025

Securing Global Communications: An...

Governments around the world are asking critical questions about national security and...

Blog

Nov 4, 2025

Key Telecom Trends in Brazil for 2026

If you're looking for a snapshot of the Latin American telecommunications landscape going into...

Blog

Oct 14, 2025

Starlink Expanding in Africa

Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by SpaceX, is growing its presence in...

Podcast Episode

Oct 9, 2025

Building Network Resiliency with...

Blog

Oct 6, 2025

Creating an AI-Ready Network with Hub...

We're breaking down how AI might impact enterprise networks in data-driven deep dives. Using...

Podcast Episode

Oct 2, 2025

Protecting Internet Infrastructure with...

Podcast Episode

Sep 25, 2025

Submarine Cable Routing on an...

Blog

Sep 23, 2025

Total International Bandwidth Now Sits...

Global internet bandwidth increased by 23% in 2025, maintaining its consistent pace of steady...

Podcast Episode

Sep 18, 2025

Current State and Forecasts for...

Podcast Episode

Sep 11, 2025

Cybersecurity Challenges in Submarine...

Blog

Sep 8, 2025

IP Transit Pricing in 2025: More...

Providers’ shift to predominantly 100 Gbps internet backbones continues to reduce the average...

Podcast Episode

Sep 4, 2025

The Economics of Submarine Cables

Blog

Aug 30, 2025

Bandwidth and Price for an AI-Ready,...

How AI will impact enterprise networks is a huge topic that we're tackling in a multi-part...

Blog

Aug 25, 2025

How to Make Your Hybrid Network...

How will AI impact enterprise networks? That's the huge topic I'm tackling with data from...

Blog

Aug 13, 2025

Predicting How AI Will Impact...

Predicting the future is hard. As an analyst, that is exactly what people hope I can do. Of...

Blog

Jul 24, 2025

You've Read About Submarine Cable...

There is no shortage of headlines about high-profile cable breaks, particularly around the...

Blog

Jul 18, 2025

The Regulatory and Geopolitical...

Undersea cables are crucial to the global economy and national security. It's no surprise,...

Blog

Jun 30, 2025

It’s Going to Take $3 Billion to Ensure...

A new report details what is needed to sustain current service levels and reduce repair delays...

Blog

May 20, 2025

Customers Are Consuming More Bandwidth...

New data from TeleGeography’s Transport Networks Research Service tells a story about changing...

Blog

May 15, 2025

Building Tomorrow’s Internet: A 2025...

A steady stream of investment has driven tremendous growth in subsea cable infrastructure to...

Blog

May 12, 2025

International Bandwidth Demand...

According to new data from TeleGeography’s Transport Networks Research Service, global...

Blog

May 8, 2025

The Submarine Cable Boom as Told by a...

There's been lots of conversation about the recent boom in submarine cable construction. This...

Blog

Apr 14, 2025

Fabulous, Unforgiving, Ever-Changing:...

Carl Roberts is feeling energized. The senior ICT executive and advisor to a myriad of C-suite...

Blog

Apr 3, 2025

One Patent to Rule Them All?...

My family has probably watched Lord of the Rings a dozen times or more1. We can (and sometimes...

Blog

Apr 2, 2025

Bandwidth Demand is Strong in Latin...

It's true. The localization of content, applications, and compute in local hubs like São...

Blog

Mar 20, 2025

New on the Pod: Lightyear Considers the...

We're pumped to have Dennis Thankachan, Co-Founder and CEO of Lightyear, back on TeleGeography...

Blog

Mar 17, 2025

What's the Difference Between Lit...

When discussing submarine cable bandwidth, it’s crucial to distinguish between lit capacity...

Blog

Mar 12, 2025

Data Centers 101: Technical Terms You...

From cross connects to PUE, the data center industry is packed with technical jargon. Today,...

Blog

Mar 4, 2025

It’s Time To Learn About Latency

Latency is a term that’s frequently cited when discussing long-haul networks. But what is it...

Blog

Feb 19, 2025

Evaluating Interconnection Market Health

What makes a city a hub? And what makes a hub healthy? Before we answer these questions, we...

Blog

Feb 17, 2025

The State of the Network: Your 2025...

Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the 2025 State of the Network Report—our eighth edition....

Blog

Feb 6, 2025

The Podcast Goes Dark! (Dark Fiber,...

We haven't been getting enough fiber here at TeleGeography Explains the Internet, but we're...

Blog

Feb 5, 2025

An Interconnectivity Expert's Take on...

Digital Infrastructure Industry Expert Maya Glick has two decades in the digital...

Blog

Feb 3, 2025

Is It Sabotage? Unraveling the Mystery...

Lately, I've been thinking about the movie director Alfred Hitchcock. One of his first big...

Blog

Jan 22, 2025

The Impact of AI on Submarine Cable...

Submarine networks enable uninterrupted connectivity among geographically dispersed physical...

Blog

Dec 20, 2024

2024: A Telecom Year in Review

Happy holidays, TeleGeography Explains the Internet listeners. We hope you're savoring the...

Blog

Dec 12, 2024

More Cables, More Redundancy, and...

Last month, I had the pleasure of speaking at Cairo ICT about colocation and connectivity...

Blog

Dec 5, 2024

Internet Sourcing, as Explained by an...

For TeleGeography Explains the Internet to truly explain the internet, sometimes we have to...

Blog

Nov 21, 2024

What To Know About Submarine Cable...

Earlier this week, operators of two communications cables—C-Lion 1 and BCS East-West...

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Nov 13, 2024

Data Centers: That’s a Lot of Power!

The data center market is in the midst of an unprecedented shift that started—publicly at...

Blog

Nov 12, 2024

Reach for the Stars: How Starlink...

Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX unit, is making...

Blog

Nov 1, 2024

The Fastest-Growing City for Data...

Many of the world’s top data center markets face issues such as rising energy costs,...

Blog

Oct 30, 2024

The 2025 Internet Provider Connectivity...

Our IP Networks Research Service—which recently underwent its big annual update—includes an...

Blog

Oct 17, 2024

Chinese vs. U.S. Network Infrastructure...

Competition between the United States and China continues to be a hot topic. Take The...

Blog

Oct 16, 2024

Mapping African Network Geography at...

Another year, another African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) keynote presentation...

Blog

Sep 26, 2024

Once a Builder of the Internet, Now an...

Sylvie LaPerrière, one of TeleGeography's esteemed partners, is a known tech leader in the...

Blog

Sep 5, 2024

Hey, Who’s Using the Bandwidth?

To many people, the concepts of global network infrastructure and bandwidth markets are...

Blog

Aug 12, 2024

Business Broadband in Africa: Notes...

As our summer internship session winds down, TeleGeography welcomes summer pricing intern Zar...

Blog

Jun 27, 2024

A (Refreshed) List of Content...

We've posted submarine cables owned by content providers for nearly a decade. When we first...

Blog

Jun 11, 2024

Mike Constable Considers Infrastructure...

Mike Constable has logged many hours in digital infrastructure. He's the mind behind...

Blog

May 28, 2024

Why Does Diversity Matter for Submarine...

Last week, I joined Ciena’s Brian Lavallée and Colt’s Laurent Taieb for a live webinar all...

Blog

May 17, 2024

Dr. Steve Grubb Looks Forward to the...

Dr. Steve Grubb’s fascination with subsea cable technology began in the 1990s. Thirty years...

Blog

May 10, 2024

Hervé Février Wants to Troubleshoot the...

Dr. Hervé Février has an engineer's brain. (His colleagues have actually used the term...

Blog

May 3, 2024

Philip Low Plans for AI Deployment and...

Philip Low, Chairman of Platform Markets Group and Managing Director of Headwinds Consultants,...

Blog

Apr 4, 2024

All About Cloud Regions, Zones, and...

Today, I'm breaking down three fundamental components of cloud networks. Cloud Regions....

Blog

Apr 3, 2024

The Reality of Latin American...

A few weeks ago, TeleGeography headed back to São Paulo to participate in the Capacity Latin...

Blog

Mar 15, 2024

Beyond the Red Sea Blues: West Africa...

As if three cable faults in the Red Sea weren’t enough of a headache, a series of West African...

Blog

Mar 5, 2024

What We Know (And Don't) About Multiple...

We recently wrote about how Houthi attacks in the Red Sea are causing headaches for the...

Blog

Feb 23, 2024

Flashback Friday: Submarine Cable...

If you've read over our Submarine Cable Frequently Asked Questions, you know that cable faults...

Blog

Feb 22, 2024

What Are Data Centers?

We're back with episode three of our five-part podcast special, which explains the nuts and...

Blog

Feb 15, 2024

What is a Transport Network?

Welcome back to our five-part podcast special that literally explains how the internet you...

Blog

Feb 8, 2024

What is the Internet?

If you've caught TeleGeography's podcast, you'll know that we endeavor to explain the business...

Blog

Jan 23, 2024

Wi-Fi 6 Afraid of 7?

On TeleGeography Explains the Internet, we often focus on the long-haul, zeroing in on the...

Blog

Jan 17, 2024

The Red Sea: A Key Subsea Cable...

The Red Sea is a global hot spot at the moment due to repeated attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels...

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Jan 10, 2024

How Is the Global Network Keeping Up...

By any measure, the global bandwidth market is thriving. International bandwidth demand has...

Blog

Dec 4, 2023

The Data Center Industry Faces New...

Recently, we’ve been closely monitoring the intensifying pressures of insatiable demand and...

Blog

Nov 30, 2023

Want To Retire in Your 20s? Become a...

Wouldn't it be great to be fully retired before your 30th birthday? Because they are...

Blog

Nov 21, 2023

Head in the Cloud, Toes at the Edge

I'm back with a new episode of TeleGeography Explains the Internet. In the hot seat this time:...

Blog

Nov 13, 2023

Beware of Deep Fake TeleGeography

The age of generative AI is certainly exciting. The ability to quickly access answers to...

Blog

Oct 31, 2023

How Geography Influences Network...

Today’s TeleGeography Explains the Internet guest comes to the security world with a deep...

Blog

Oct 19, 2023

These Factors Will Influence the...

While artificial intelligence (AI) has been the most hyped demand driver in recent years, its...

Blog

Oct 12, 2023

Tracking International Internet Traffic...

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the internet seems to have achieved a state of...

Blog

Aug 24, 2023

Eight Enterprise Products, Explained

The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not...

Blog

Aug 8, 2023

How the Cost of Network Ownership Can...

In case you missed it, we’re looking back at some previous hypothetical network scenarios to...

Blog

Aug 3, 2023

How the Cost of Network Ownership Can...

Enterprise customers have embraced hybrid networks that employ multiple underlay technologies...

Blog

Jul 20, 2023

Content Providers Are Still Hungry for...

Earlier this week, I joined Ciena and Telstra for a live webinar highlighting Asia-Pacific...

Blog

Jul 6, 2023

What’s the Difference Between FTTC,...

There are a lot of acronyms used in the telecommunications space, and it can be tough to keep...

Blog

Jun 22, 2023

Satellite Mergers, Acquisitions, and...

Connectivity by satellite is not new, but expanding networks via low earth orbit (LEO) is a...

Blog

Jun 12, 2023

2023 Update: Industry Practices and...

In 2019, my colleague Alan Mauldin and I busted the myth that the submarine cable industry’s...

Blog

Jun 7, 2023

Latin American Pricing Takeaways From...

Last month, the TeleGeography team joined scores of ICT infrastructure professionals in...

Blog

May 18, 2023

Is This the Greatest Shortcoming of the...

At SubOptic 2023, my colleague Tim Stronge and I brought back the Telecom Mythbusters to test...

Blog

May 4, 2023

Do Submarine Cables Account For Over...

“Submarine cables account for over 99% of intercontinental data traffic” is regularly quoted...

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Apr 20, 2023

Is the Lifespan of a Submarine Cable...

“The lifespan of a submarine cable is 25 years.” We’ve all heard that, right? Is this...

Blog

Apr 18, 2023

What Happens to Cables When The Earth...

How are submarine cables impacted by tectonic shifts beneath the seafloor? This week's guests...

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Apr 6, 2023

Do $10 Trillion of Financial...

The press regularly reports that $10 trillion of financial transactions flow over submarine...

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Mar 14, 2023

Confessions of a Telecom Investor

On TeleGeography Explains the Internet, I typically interview guests who work in the telecom...

Podcast Episode

Feb 21, 2023

Preparing the Next Generation of...

Blog

Jan 10, 2023

Protected vs. Unprotected Circuits

You’ve always been told to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Telecommunications...

Blog

Jan 4, 2023

AI vs. TeleGeography: The Submarine...

The TG team is enjoying OpenAI's new ChatGPT—an artificial intelligence assistant trained to...

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Dec 27, 2022

Feeling '22: A Telecom Year in Review,...

We're looking back at all things telecom in 2022. And we're doing it the best way we know how:...

Blog

Dec 20, 2022

2022 in Telecom: A Year in Review

Another December, another opportunity to reflect on the year that was. And that's exactly what...

Blog

Dec 15, 2022

Latin American Market Trends: Brazil...

As telecom analysts, my TeleGeography colleagues and I have been busy attending conferences...

Blog

Oct 5, 2022

Price Erosion Remains the Universal Norm

Our latest Global Internet Geography Research Service refresh came with new pricing data. And...

Blog

Oct 3, 2022

Gloomy Economic Indicators… Scary...

Some pretty ominous headlines have been circulating around the world lately regarding the risk...

Blog

Sep 27, 2022

Simply Illuminating: Considering the...

Welcome back, podcast listeners. We're thrilled to dive into a new season of telecom tech...

Blog

Aug 24, 2022

There’s No Comparison to Fiber

If you've ever made a “telephone” with a pair of tin cans and a string, you have an idea of...

Blog

Aug 11, 2022

A is for Autonomous System: The Telecom...

Let's face it—there are a lot of definitions to memorize in the telecom space. And if you've...

Blog

Aug 3, 2022

How LEO Satellite Connectivity Might...

Endeavors like SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper have brought lots of attention to...

Blog

Jul 20, 2022

Expectations for India’s Used...

Here's a headline you might have caught recently. Our research indicates that India’s used...

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Jun 30, 2022

New Cables Are Coming to Africa

While used international bandwidth has significantly increased in Africa in recent years, the...

Blog

Apr 5, 2022

How Global Events Impact the Internet

We've discussed the ways in which the WAN is moving away from private networks and MPLS in...

Blog

Mar 8, 2022

Data Centers and Digital Transformation

When it comes to the cloud and digital transformation of the enterprise, it's always useful to...

Blog

Jan 13, 2022

Greece Lightning: Greek Plans for...

In December, Greece's OTE Group announced a major broadband investment plan. The group...

Blog

Oct 27, 2021

What's the Difference Between Traffic...

If you find yourself questioning the difference between traffic and bandwidth, here's an...

Blog

Oct 19, 2021

Who Really Cares About Latency?

Specifically, which applications and network operators have latency on their minds? Well,...

Blog

Sep 7, 2021

Global Internet Traffic and Capacity...

Here's the headline: global internet bandwidth rose by 29% in 2021. You could consider this a...

Blog

Jul 30, 2021

The Blue and Raman Cable Systems Stand...

It's likely that you've read the news by now. Google is teaming up with Telecom Italia Sparkle...

Blog

Jun 21, 2021

To the Edge and Back

Today we're living on the edge! Whether we're talking security and SASE, NaaS, or cloud...

Blog

May 20, 2021

Trans-Pacific Cable Chaos, Shifting...

It’s been a year since the U.S. government denied a cable license to the Pacific Light Cable...

Blog

May 17, 2021

Submarine Cables: It's Not Bitcoin

We often say that we'll be taking a "deep dive" into an issue at the beginning of our...

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Apr 23, 2021

How Will Broadband Prices Fare Against...

Despite the expanding role satellite providers have in delivering connectivity, the vast...

Blog

Feb 11, 2020

About That PLCN Delay: Four...

There's been a lot of press about delayed approval for the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN)...

Blog

Dec 10, 2019

TeleGeography's Business Broadband...

The telecom space is loaded with acronyms. (Take this from the people who recently published a...

Blog

Dec 5, 2019

What is IP Transit?

Only a few of the world’s largest internet backbone providers get transit-free status,...

Blog

Nov 25, 2019

IP VPN, DIA, and EVPN, Explained

What's the Difference Between VPN, DIA, and EVPN? Looking to set up your network? Here are...

Blog

Nov 22, 2019

Understanding Peering

Today we answer the burning question "what is peering and how does it work?" First, some...

Blog

Oct 29, 2019

A Brief History of ARPANET: The Early...

When was the internet born? On October 29, 1969, Professor Len Kleinrock and his team of...

Blog

Oct 8, 2019

Is Your Planned Submarine Cable Doomed?

Anyone who follows the submarine cable sector knows that a lot of cables have been built in...

Blog

Oct 3, 2019

Signals of Success: What to Look for in...

I'm a cynic and you can be one, too! This was the title of Tim Stronge's presentation during a...

Blog

Jul 9, 2019

Building and Managing Security...

The benefits of SD-WAN are apparent: more bandwidth, local breakouts, flexibility, etc. That...

Blog

Jul 1, 2019

Will New Satellites End the Dominance...

There’s been a lot in the press recently about new low-orbit satellites. Rumors abound about...

Blog

Jun 25, 2019

Will Bandwidth Prices Eventually be the...

I call this one the price parity myth—the notion that one day bandwidth prices will be the...

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Jun 20, 2019

Are Content Providers The Biggest...

We’ve written quite a bit about content provider’s investments in new cables. And we’ve seen...

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Jun 13, 2019

Are New Cables Avoiding Landing in the...

Is it true that new cables are avoiding landing in the UK because of the Brexit vote? I was...

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Jun 11, 2019

Do Human Senses Provide the Ultimate...

Our thirst for bandwidth must have a ceiling. It just must. In our first-ever user-submitted...

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Jun 7, 2019

Will Fiber Pairs Become the New Coin of...

Have you heard that submarine cable fiber pairs will eventually become a standard unit of...

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Jun 4, 2019

Are Current Industry Practices Enough...

The submarine cable industry’s current practices will sustain our future capacity...

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May 30, 2019

Does 70% of the World’s Internet...

Have you heard the one about 70% of the world’s internet traffic flowing through northern...

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Apr 5, 2019

Are All These New Undersea Cables...

How many times have we heard that new undersea cables will bring consumers Internet speeds...

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Oct 31, 2018

The Spooky Future for Aging Cables

Halloween—a time when boundaries between the living and the dead are blurred. It's a season...

Blog

Oct 4, 2018

Is a Mass Extinction of Submarine...

The rapid pace of demand growth is only going to require more international bandwidth in the...

Blog

Sep 20, 2018

International Internet Capacity Growth...

It's true. International internet capacity growth defied long-term trends in 2018 and...

Blog

Aug 9, 2018

The Ultimate Throwback Thursday:...

TeleGeography started producing submarine cable maps in 1999, but we had been mapping the...

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Jul 10, 2018

Our New E-book Contains Nearly 50 Maps...

We’ve been making maps for a long time–since 1996, if you can believe it. Our maps don the...

Blog

Jun 12, 2018

Three Things Investors Should Know...

We get lots of questions about submarine cables. Where are they? Who owns them? What happens...

Blog

May 30, 2018

Content, Capacity, and the Great,...

Global bandwidth demand continues to grow, spurring terrestrial and submarine cable network...

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Apr 10, 2018

Where Are the World's Cloud Data...

TeleGeography’s Cloud and WAN Infrastructure details the international wide area network (WAN)...

Blog

Oct 30, 2017

Stranger Things: Why Netflix Isn’t...

Besides sharks eating undersea cables, one of the biggest myths that I’ve seen recently is...

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Oct 5, 2017

Optical Illusions: Content Providers...

This week TeleGeography VP of Research Tim Stronge made his way to San Jose to speak at NANOG...

Blog

Aug 16, 2017

Three Facts That Summarize the Current...

We've been tracking the market for long-haul networks and submarine cables since 1999. Our...

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Jul 28, 2017

Shaping the Global Wholesale Bandwidth...

The global wholesale bandwidth market is influenced by many factors—some that change the face...

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Jul 25, 2017

We All Experience Latency. So Let's...

“The connectivity sort of festoons around the continent—it’s all structured to backhaul that...

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Jul 10, 2017

The Speed of Light Never Changes—Except...

According to NASA, light travels at a constant, finite speed of 186,000 mi/sec. So the speed...

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Jun 15, 2017

Christian Koch on Local Networks,...

Christian Koch is passionate about the internet. He currently leads Core Network Planning and...

Blog

May 11, 2017

What is a VPN and Do I Need One?

VPN is a virtual private network that shares data through a public network like the internet....

Blog

May 3, 2017

Cable Breakage: When and How Cables Go...

Earlier this year we fielded some of the most frequently asked questions about submarine...

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Feb 28, 2017

What is the Internet of Things?

You may have seen the term Internet of Things thrown around on our site before. If you’ve...

Blog

Nov 28, 2016

Meet The Father of Fiber Optic...

Any good telecoms scholar has probably come across Charles K. Kao. But even if you aren’t...

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Nov 16, 2016

Understanding “The Last Mile”

One tiny data packet has traveled the world. It’s made its way from Sydney, Australia, all the...

Blog

Nov 8, 2016

The Trombone Effect, Explained

No. This effect has nothing to do with a big parade. The trombone effect, or just...

Blog

Oct 25, 2016

The Dyn DDoS Attack, Explained

What happened during Friday’s massive internet outage on the East Coast? You know by now that...

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