Philosophies as a consultant Vendors, distributors
Over the years my views and philosophies on being a consultant have changed and are constantly evolving. There are certain things that consultants can incorporate into their businesses in order to maintain a high level of service to clients. Being …
My introduction to the world wide web
Tonight I was reflecting on my career in the Internet Service provider Industry. I have been doing “ISP stuff” since 1992. Back in those days we only had BBSes. For the younger generation, these were Bulletin Board Systems. Think of …
Sponsored Post: Atheral voice solutions
Founded by two telecommunications veterans in 2018, Atheral is building customer-centric white- label and wholesale cloud solutions for Internet Service Providers that decrease end-user churn and increase profitability while being geo-redundant, highly available, and scalable. We focus on redefining technology …
VXLAN and why you should care as a service provider
What is VXLAN and how would service providers and WISPs use it in their networks?
Video on how the Internet Works
I have a few nitpicky things and the video seems a little contrived, but it’s decent nonetheless. WISPs are not really mentioned, but others are not as well.
Water tower Install
A water tower install of a network box containing batteries and network gear for a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) blog pinger
Bad habits of a network admin/tech
Recently there was a thread on the Facebook group WISP talk. The author outlined the following bad habits of network folks. Below is the original list. I just copied it and it’s not mine. Install and forget; If it ain’t …
Geospatial Utility Infrastructure Data Exchange Procedural Guide
This guide is put out by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Some good useful stuff in here that applies to all fiber contractors. It’s a good quick read for those of you getting into fiber. You can skip over large …
Udemy course of the week: Cyber Security
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Interesting product: Firewalla
Interesting product. https://firewalla.com/