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 data center podcasts. ISP News•Emergent and Microsoft connect to deliver IoT. •Comcast unveils Gateway for … Read more

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 Center News •Meta to open a data center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. •Google is set to … Read more

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 topics. Data Center News •DataBank expands in Utah. •DigitalBridge announced a 6.4 Billion equity investment … Read more

Packets Down Range #9:Lumen, Cloud, 800GB switches. Sponsors needed

Welcome to issue #9 of Packets Down Range. I am a little behind because a deer decided to jump in front of my car on a recent trip to Texas. There wasn’t much damage, but almost all the airbags were deployed, which caused the car to be a total loss. As a result, I am … Read more