Packets Down Range #36: BlueBird, Cisco, HOUIX
Summer is finally here in Indiana. The leaves are green, the birds are chirping, and the Internet is humming along. Let’s get right into PDR #36. Interconnection & Data Center News•KC-IX/HOUIX expands into Fibertown. •Rich Miller shares his top 5 …
Packets Down Range #35: undersea cable, Indiana broadband, training topics
Thunderstorms, seventy-degree weather, and snow. Welcome to Indiana weather. In this issue, we have some exciting events and topics. Several folks in Indiana are preparing for the 2025 Midwest Broadband Operators Meeting. This is May 14-15th. Interconnection & Data Center …
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Packets Down Range #34:Interconnection reports, RouterOS v7.17 out
Short read this week. Struggling with the cold weather here in Indiana. Cold weather always is a de-motivator for me. Interconnection & Data Center News•Report in IP Interconnection by the BEREC.The report provides insights into the utilisation of various IP-IC …
Packets Down Range #33: The 2025 Conference and show edition
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from me. I have been working feverishly on new blog posts since Thanksgiving. I have the first 3 weeks of January scheduled for a blog post a day. As part of this, I have amassed …
Packets Down Range #32: Zero Net, Indiana gets $15 Million, Akamai
Fall and cold weather are rapidly approaching here in the Midwest. I have been away from PDR for too long. Lots of summer projects around the house, new trails in the woods, and working on the garage keep me from …
Packets Down Range #31: Hedge Podcast, Microsoft, Cisco, Arista.
It’s been a busy almost spring so far. One of the highlights of the past few months was being invited to do a Hedge Podcast with Russ White and Tom Ammon. It was a great time. We talked about the …
Packets Down Range #31:Meta, Google, Indiana Digital Equity
It’s the beginning of the year. Do you know what that means? It’s time for conferences. FISPA livejust wrapped up. Metro Connect and others are coming. Also lots of news out of my home state of Indiana this edition. Data …
Packets Down Range #30:Lumen, Databank, and investments in networks
Greetings from the great frozen Tundra of Indiana. It was 21 degrees today, which has been a heatwave. In this issue, we have a lot of data center news. Lunmen shuts down their CDN, Databank expands, and some great tech …
Packets Down Range #29:Google,Blu Broadband, L4S
Christmas is rapidly approaching. I hope this edition finds you well and as stress-free as you can be for the holidays. In the networking world, the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is fairly laid back. Data Centers scale down …