Packets Down Range #39: FD-IX, North Carolina, BGP
Welcome to the first Packets Down Range of 2026. Lots of things happening in the world on The Capital I Internet. So grab your multi-tool, fire up your terminal, and let’s head down range.
Interconnection & Data Center News
•FD-IX expands to Nashville, TN with their first node inside 365 Data Centers.
• Microsoft’s AI Data Center.
Today in Wisconsin we introduced Fairwater, our newest US AI datacenter, the largest and most sophisticated AI factory we’ve built yet. In addition to our Fairwater datacenter in Wisconsin, we also have multiple identical Fairwater datacenters under construction in other locations across the US.
ISP News
•North Carolina expands broadband money.
•Starlink as connectivity article
•Tarana Training by Wav
•Verizon cracks down on Fixed Wireless customers who use theservice at a different address.
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Tech BGP TechTopics
• BGP Explorer for troubleshooting those pesky routes and such.
•ttl network diagnostic tool
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