Jan 21, 2026
TeleGeography at PTC 2026
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Oct 22, 2025
Global Connectivity Update: a European...
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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 | WAN
WAN | 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....
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 17, 2025
Automate or Bust: What's the Real...
Today on TeleGeography Explains the Internet, we welcome Michael Martin, formerly a global...
By Greg Bryan
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...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Feb 10, 2025
Data Assurance in the Age of AI
What do you envision when you think of data in motion? It's a beautiful, abstract idea. Vinay...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jan 20, 2025
What You Need to Know About Network as...
Welcome back, TeleGeography Explains the Internet listeners. We took a nice long break for the...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Dec 20, 2024
2024: A Telecom Year in Review
Happy holidays, TeleGeography Explains the Internet listeners. We hope you're savoring the...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Dec 16, 2024
When Networking and Security Collide
There's a common theme we encounter here at TeleGeography Explains the Internet. The...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 15, 2024
Who Orchestrates the Orchestrators?
Last week on the pod, we shared what network managers need to know about AI and machine...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 31, 2024
What Network Managers Should Know About...
It's 2024. We obviously had to do an AI episode of the pod. And for that, we welcome our guest...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 23, 2024
Six Insights from Our 2024 Business...
The role of business broadband in WAN architecture is evolving. It’s no longer just a backup...
Blog
Oct 10, 2024
Ethernet in the WAN
Carrier-grade Ethernet is a critical piece of today’s enterprise WAN, and carriers continue to...
Blog
Aug 15, 2024
SD-WAN vs MPLS: Battling for Network...
Grab your headphones, we've got a podcast recommendation. TeleGeography Senior Manager of...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 20, 2024
How Are Network Pros Integrating Cloud...
As cloud adoption becomes increasingly necessary for multinational enterprises, networks are...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jun 17, 2024
We Asked WAN Managers About SD-WAN +...
With the release of our new WAN Manager Survey intel, it was only a matter of time before we...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jun 13, 2024
Pssst. What Does Your Network...
Enterprises have embraced hybrid networks. The expansion of SD-WAN, the benefits of having...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jun 6, 2024
Seven Findings From Our Latest WAN...
With a new normal of hybrid work established, trends in network services are once again...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 25, 2024
Are You Paying the Right Price for...
The enterprise wide area network (WAN) market is in a state of flux, forcing multinational...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 28, 2024
Let’s Get Physical: Where Do Carriers...
The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 31, 2023
How Geography Influences Network...
Today’s TeleGeography Explains the Internet guest comes to the security world with a deep...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 17, 2023
How Do Targeted Ads Work? Is My Phone...
Why am I getting ads for this toothpaste? How could my devices possibly know I'm in the market...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 11, 2023
Inside Asia’s Increasing Demand for...
In a recent interview with Asian Telecom, I was asked to shed light on Asia’s prominence in...
By Marvin Tan
Blog
Sep 26, 2023
How NaaS Relates to SDN and Automation
The newest member of the TeleGeography Explains the Internet club is telecom industry veteran...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Sep 14, 2023
New Network Security Analysis Tracks...
We recently surveyed a mixture of carriers and MSPs, SD-WAN vendors, and pure-play security...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Sep 5, 2023
Are These WAN Sourcing Trends Real or...
Season 5 of TeleGeography Explains the Internet is here, and we're kicking things off with...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 31, 2023
How Common SASE Products Are Being...
Our Cloud and WAN Research Service just unveiled a fourth WAN analysis module, and it's all...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 24, 2023
Eight Enterprise Products, Explained
The geographic coverage of carriers’ enterprise network services varies significantly. Not...
By Paul Brodsky
Blog
Aug 17, 2023
These Two Regions Account For About 65%...
Cloud services have become a critical component of many enterprises' data management. And how...
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...
By Rob Schult
Blog
Aug 3, 2023
How the Cost of Network Ownership Can...
Enterprise customers have embraced hybrid networks that employ multiple underlay technologies...
Blog
Jul 12, 2023
SD-What? A Quick Explanation of What...
Corporate traffic patterns continue to change. And static, single technology transport...
Blog
Apr 25, 2023
Surveying the WANscape
This week, Season 4 of TeleGeography Explains the Internet ends on a high note with Junior...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 29, 2023
Real Talk: Are WAN Managers Adopting...
As cloud adoption becomes increasingly necessary for multinational enterprises, backend...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 28, 2023
What Makes a WAN Truly Secure?
I've always known Aryaka Networks as service provider with a different approach to enterprise...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 15, 2023
WAN Configurations Are Shifting
Network underlays have been in transition as more enterprises install SD-WAN services and...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 14, 2023
Confessions of a Telecom Investor
On TeleGeography Explains the Internet, I typically interview guests who work in the telecom...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jan 24, 2023
SASE and Secure
This week on TeleGeography Explains the Internet we welcome Jeremiah Ginn, Software Defined...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jan 17, 2023
A Brief History of Networking as a...
This week's guest on TeleGeography Explains the Internet has a deep history in networking....
By Greg Bryan
Blog
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:...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Dec 13, 2022
The Digital Divide Episode
James “Jim” Capuano has logged over 30 years in the telecommunications industry. And he's the...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Dec 7, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #5: Let’s...
So far, we’ve looked at several more conservative approaches to constructing a hybrid WAN. But...
Blog
Dec 6, 2022
Orchestrating the Service Lifecycle
In 2021, MEF CTO Pascal Menezes walked us through the work MEF is doing on standardizing the...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 30, 2022
Sizing the WAN Market
As the WAN continues to evolve at warp speed, carriers, vendors, and enterprise IT...
By Mei Harrison
Blog
Nov 28, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #4:...
The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed the way we work. And our next scenario illustrates...
By Mei Harrison
Blog
Nov 23, 2022
Key Findings From Our Latest WAN Market...
After tracking the WAN market size in 2020 and 2021 with our WAN Market Size Report, we began...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 22, 2022
Unraveling the Fabric Providers of...
This week, we're talking about NaaS. Sure, we've covered NaaS in various contexts on...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 21, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #3: BYOB...
So far, we’ve looked at integrating DIA and business broadband into a hybrid WAN. But there...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 15, 2022
Unpacking Network Observability
If you want to do a proper review of the state of the corporate WAN—in light of digital...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 14, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #2: Tiered...
Use of the internet in corporate WANs is quickly growing. And for good reason. Not only are...
Blog
Nov 7, 2022
Hypothetical Network Series #1: High...
Back in 2019, we built a hypothetical network to illustrate how different network...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 4, 2022
Data Centers and the Opportunity at the...
When I reached out to today's podcast guest—Jim Poole, Vice President of Business Development...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Sep 27, 2022
Simply Illuminating: Considering the...
Welcome back, podcast listeners. We're thrilled to dive into a new season of telecom tech...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Aug 4, 2022
The Global SD-WAN Market for Large...
The results are in. According to our research, the global SD-WAN market for large...
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...
By Peter Wood
Blog
Jul 18, 2022
How a Complete SD-WAN Overlay Can...
To provide insight into how a complete SD-WAN overlay can impact total network spend, it’s...
Blog
Jun 21, 2022
What's Wireless Got to Do With It?
Anyone in the WAN business—from the carrier or end-user side—knows that local access can...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 14, 2022
How Enterprises Are Implementing NaaS...
NaaS and middle mile are fairly new concepts in the industry, but they're old hat on...
Blog
Jun 7, 2022
Untying the Gordian Knot, Unlocking...
The TeleGeography team began benchmarking networks almost a decade ago. Back then, the big use...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
May 3, 2022
The Need for NaaS
Our readers likely know about NaaS: cloud-based network architecture that allows a WAN manager...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Apr 21, 2022
Considering Cloud Connectivity Providers
If you’re an enterprise network manager in need of a dedicated cloud connection service,...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 19, 2022
SASE Isn't Revolutionary. It's...
Here's a hot take: the networking hype cycle has moved on from SD-WAN in favor of SASE and now...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Apr 12, 2022
Running a Network for a Healthcare...
WAN managers had to scramble to accommodate massive changes when the world shut down during...
By Jayne Miller
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...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Mar 28, 2022
SD-WAN's Shift to Security
While the key SD-WAN transformation use case was built around network cost and resiliency, its...
Blog
Mar 21, 2022
Unpacking SD-WAN Prices
Unlike network services, SD-WAN is not a commodity, and pricing strategies are still in flux....
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...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 22, 2022
The WAN Managers Have Spoken (For Now)
We've crunched the numbers from our 2021 survey of WAN managers, and our new analysis is ready...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 15, 2022
Integrating Wireless into the WAN
One of the earliest and most persistent use cases for SD-WAN has been the ability to utilize...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 8, 2022
Upskilling Network Architects for the...
Network automation pops up often on our podcast. But—you know what's under-discussed? The HR...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 4, 2022
Global DIA Prices and Trends
In a recent analysis, we highlighted how DIA has gained ground as an integral part of the...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jan 25, 2022
Understanding the Multicloud-Verse of...
We're going to talk about the cloud. More specifically, cloud outages and how to avoid them...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jan 3, 2022
Wireless Broadband in WAN
Business broadband is no longer a connection of last resort. In fact, it is an integral part...
Blog
Dec 27, 2021
What Problem is the Middle Mile Trying...
As global enterprises become more reliant on cloud—and start to break away or reduce their...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Dec 21, 2021
2021 WAN in Review: Part 2
If you caught last week's special episode of the WAN Manager Podcast, you must be waiting on...
Blog
Dec 14, 2021
2021 WAN in Review
If you've been a loyal listener of the WAN Manager Podcast, you might remember that Greg Bryan...
Blog
Nov 23, 2021
Wholesale Pricing and the WAN
While a fifteen-year friendship with Greg is not a prerequisite for guests on the pod, it sure...
Blog
Nov 22, 2021
WAN Pricing Over Time
We've written before about how prices vary by geography. It almost goes without saying that...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Nov 8, 2021
Underlay Changes: MPLS vs. DIA Pricing
In the past few decades, the corporate WAN has undergone a few massive reformations. Early on,...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 4, 2021
Would an SD-WAN by Any Other Name Smell...
As we dig into technical standards and definitions, MEF has come up several times on this...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jul 12, 2021
NaaS, Cloud, and the Future of 5G
Listeners know that we've covered middle mile and NaaS on this show. We've also touched on the...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jul 6, 2021
The Very Definition of SD-WAN
When TeleGeography started tracking the SD-WAN market in 2017, we found dozens of vendors...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 28, 2021
BorgWarner's Big SD-WAN Adventure
Are you like the (approximately) half of our survey respondents who have not yet adopted...
By Jayne Miller
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...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 14, 2021
Managing Multinational Network...
It's another case study episode of the podcast. Today, we welcome Ian Calderbank, Enterprise...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 1, 2021
Nailing Down Network-as-a-Service
Our data shows that most enterprises have more than one IaaS provider. For SaaS, that number...
By Jayne Miller
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...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Apr 27, 2021
What Role Will MPLS Play in the Future...
The average enterprise network had MPLS running at 82% of sites in 2018. That fell to just 58%...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Apr 19, 2021
WAN Manager Survey Data: Let's Do The...
In today's episode of the WAN Manager Podcast, Greg is joined by Analyst Elizabeth Thorne to...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Apr 5, 2021
The Art of Zen and Network Monitoring
The latest episode of the podcast is all about network monitoring. Most of the enterprises we...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Mar 29, 2021
SmartNICs, Explained
Most of our listeners are probably familiar with network interface cards (NICs, if you're...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Mar 8, 2021
A Very Special Episode About a Very...
It's a case study episode! Greg is joined by Johan Ihse, product owner of global connectivity...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Mar 5, 2021
What is Internet Middle Mile?
With the middle mile emerging as one of the next major topics of interest for global...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Mar 1, 2021
Putting The Data Center Geography in...
When our new WAN Geography Benchmark got a bit of buzz earlier this year, we thought it'd be...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 23, 2021
Designing a Network for Now (And Five...
Our resident podcaster Greg Bryan recently sat down with Daniel Remarc Bognár—the Head of...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 8, 2021
Stuck in the Middle Mile With You
A new class of network provider has emerged, optimizing connectivity between the office and...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Feb 1, 2021
SFW: Safe for WANs
What do you think of when you think of integrating security into the WAN? WAN Dynamics' Jason...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jan 25, 2021
Open Minds, Open Source SD-WAN
What is open source SD-WAN, and how is it different from other "open" platforms we've already...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jan 14, 2021
Data Center Matchmaking: Finding Your...
🎶Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match, Find a facility That's a real catch Matchmaker,...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Dec 17, 2020
Ponder the Future of the WAN With a...
We're back with a bonus holiday episode of the podcast! In this special episode, Greg invites...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Nov 19, 2020
Three Facts From Our New WAN Market...
If you've perused our research catalog lately, you'll know that we have a new WAN Market Size...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jul 16, 2020
What to Know About Connecting to Your...
Around three in four enterprises that responded to our latest WAN Manager Survey reported...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jul 6, 2020
The WAN and Working From Home
For several months now, much of the world has transitioned to remote work. Where possible,...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 29, 2020
A Changing WAN, Benchmarked
"In previous iterations of the WAN, you might have seen one large MPLS cloud, but with core...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
Jun 22, 2020
Everything You Wanted to Know About...
The first challenge in sourcing internet is deciding what you need. Finding a balance between...
By Jayne Miller
Blog
May 19, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Do Tier 1...
My colleague Elizabeth Thorne and I have been working on busting–or confirming–WAN pricing...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 21, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Is MPLS Priced...
In case you missed my previous post, we here at TeleGeography love busting telecom myths. But...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 7, 2020
WAN Pricing Mythbusters: Is Local...
We have a years-long tradition of Mythbusting here at TeleGeography. But it occurred to me...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 30, 2020
Schrodinger's MPLS and Why Predicting...
Predicting the future is hard, especially when it comes to complex markets with disruptive...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Mar 23, 2020
On TEMs: You Can't Benchmark Your...
Let's talk about telecom expense management, better known as TEM. TEMs are designed to make...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Oct 18, 2019
SD-WAN Management Costs, Wargamed
In house or outsourced? This is an age-old question for many firms. If you’re a big economics...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 28, 2019
WAN Wargaming: What Happens When You...
Welcome back to our blog series on “wargaming” WAN configurations to see how product choice...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 6, 2019
Adding SD-WAN, Keeping MPLS
My wife has a brutal Northern Virginia commute; she drives about 80 miles a day. Recently, we...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Aug 1, 2019
Wargaming Your WAN: MPLS-Broadband...
Hello and welcome to the third entry in our series about wargaming WAN configuration...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jul 22, 2019
Adopting Local Internet Breakouts in an...
Welcome to the second entry in this series on “wargaming” WAN scenarios to make sure you’re...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Jul 18, 2019
Why Should You Model WAN Costs? Our New...
I recently finished Seveneves by science fiction author and telecom enthusiast Neal...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Apr 8, 2019
Picking Your Provider: How Carrier...
My grandfather told stories about his days as a milkman in the 50s. To a kid growing up 30...
By Greg Bryan
Blog
Feb 27, 2019
You're Going to be Reading More About...
While independent SD-WAN vendors make their mark, traditional telecom service providers are...
Blog
Apr 10, 2018
Where Are the World's Cloud Data...
TeleGeography’s Cloud and WAN Infrastructure details the international wide area network (WAN)...
Blog
May 24, 2017
Growing Your WAN to Meet the Demands of...
As a WAN manager, how do you ensure your business has an available, reliable, and secure...
By Greg Bryan
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