I am freshly back from WISPAMERICA 2023 in Louisville. The new items from this conference are going in the Patreon Edition. If you find this newsletter helpful and informative, please consider sponsoring by advertising, becoming a Patreon, or donating any amount via Paypal. You can also subscribe to receive newsletter notifications via email. Company News•Airspan/Mimosa sells to Radisys. Curious if this has anything to do with chip supply. Peering and Interconnection •2023 Submarine cable map is out. This would make an excellent backdrop...
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Packets Down Range #8:Water in the data center, Comcast fees, Starlink speeds
Welcome to issue #8 of Packets Down Range. I am making haste in order to get on the road to Texas for some work. It will be nice to go from 31-degree weather in Indiana to 70s in Texas, even though some of it will be spent inside a data center at night. News has been a little light due to new items Data Center News •AWS says it will be water positive by 2030. As part of the “water+” initiative, Amazon Web...
Continue reading...Podcast: Atheral, VOIP and communication “stuff”
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Recently I sat down and did a podcast with Daniel White of Atheral (https://atheral.co/). We talked about how WISPS can use VOIP to prevent overbuilding, Unified communications, and some of the forms and procedures for getting started with VOIP. If you want to contact Atheral about their products you can do so at the following: Web: https://atheral.co/ Book A demo: https://calendly.com/atheralsales/prtdemo e-mail or Phone: https://atheral.co/contact
Continue reading...Atheral recommended 499 fillng help
Our friends over at Atheral have some companies to hello you with your 499 filings.
Continue reading...Podcast:5.9GHZ, Azure overloaded,collaboration
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Microsoft is concerned about its cloud capacity. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/our-commitment-to-customers-and-microsoft-cloud-services-continuity/ <Isn’t this the advantage of the cloud?. I know you have to add physical hardware, space, cooling, etc.> FCC Opens up 5.9GHZ to rural providers The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), helped the companies apply for the STAs. WISPA told the FCC the companies rely primarily on unlicensed spectrum for last-mile connections to end-users, including the 5 GHz UNII bands. “Many of the WISPs’ customers have no other alternative to terrestrial broadband services,” WISPA...
Continue reading...j2 Podcast:5g hype, more bandwidth, preseem
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Hi this is Justin, it’s Tuesday July 30th 2019 and this is the ISP news you need to know.
Continue reading...Comcast is pushing for broadband mapping changes
Comcast met with FCC officials last week to urge them to adopt NCTA-The Internet & Television Association’s proposal to use polygon shapefiles
Continue reading...FCC and their view of broadband
It seems the FCC is getting some pushback on its picture of broadband access in the United States. Much of the article centers around Form 477 and the inaccuracies being found in it. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/30/18644726/fcc-broadband-report-high-speed-rural-statistics-reactions
Continue reading...Form 477 Resources
Some great form 477 for service providers who need more information on Form 477 and filing it.
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https://www.techspot.com/news/79863-fcc-promises-roll-out-improved-broadband-over-106000.html Back in January of 2018, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced a proposal that could have allocated over $500 million toward the development of rural broadband internet lines. At the time, Pai said that closing the “digital divide” between rural and urban broadband was the FCC’s “top priority. https://www.cnet.com/news/broadband-part-of-2-trillion-infrastructure-agreement-between-democrats-and-trump/ Broadband is expected to be part of the $2 trillion spending plan on infrastructure that President Donald Trump agreed to in a meeting with Democratic leaders. On Tuesday, Trump met with House Speaker Nancy...
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