Packets Down Range #23:Events, new backbone routes, data center fire

Patreon Edition is available here Data Center News •Databank starts construction on ATL4. . The colocation facility will feature 200,000 square feet of raised floor space and four megawatts of power. •Don’t let a tree cause an outage for your Data Center. •DartPoints acquires Louisiana provider Venyu. Data center provider DartPoints has acquired Louisiana-based Venyu … Read more

Packets Down Range #16:Peering, new signup forms, ISP acquisitions

It’s been a busy week both here and on the Internet. the biggest news out of Packets Down Range (PDR) is I now have an e-mail signup plugin for WordPress. By signing up via e-mail, you will get notifications of new Packet Down Range newsletters. Those of you who signed up via the old form … Read more

Indiana Broadband Office designates Warren County as a Broadband Ready Community

Indiana Broadband Office designates Warren Countyas a Broadband Ready Community INDIANAPOLIS (May 11, 2021) – Today, the Indiana Broadband Office announced Warren County is now designated as an official Broadband Ready Community. The Broadband Ready Communities Program was created as a tool to encourage broadband development throughout Indiana. “About 10 years ago, leaders in Warren County … Read more

Siklu Case study 80 GHZ Indianapolis Indiana

Some photos from a Siklu 80GHZ deployment in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. This was deployed by On-Ramp Indiana (https://www.ori.net). The problem being solved is moving video files around a network in order to get it to smart screens and projectors. This is a very urban area and wireless was pretty much the only option to get … Read more

j2 Briefing: FCC news, Microsoft whitespace, polls

The j2 Podcast for August 29, 2019 Microsoft is pushing it’s Whitespace product as a solution to the Digital divide. This has been branded “Airband” https://www.multichannel.com/news/microsoft-brands-rural-divide-national-crisis The FCC The commission unanimously voted to distribute more than $20 billion of Universal Service Fund subsidies over the next decade as part of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. … Read more