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Speeds and the next generation ISP

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SouthWest ISP regional meetup July 12, 2019

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-southwest-isp-regional-meetup-tickets-63089643823 This meeting is open to any and all Internet Service Providers in Texas, as well as anyone else willing to come to our Great State! You don’t have to be a WISPA member to attend. Come meet with fellow operators, see all the greatness of the Ericsson Headquarters, and hear topics from various knowledge … Read more

NTIA launches Funding web-site

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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released a searchable database of 50 federal broadband programs. They span a dozen federal agencies with billions of dollars for broadband grants, loans and other resources. Participating federal agencies helped create the database. It fulfills a goal set out in the American Broadband Initiative announced in February to make … Read more

Remote Peering

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Martin J. Levy from Cloudflare did a presentation about remote peering possibly being a bad thing. In this presentation, he brings up several valid points. https://www.globalpeeringforum.org/pastEvents/gpf14/presentations/Wed_2_MartinLevy_remote_peering_is_bad_for.pdf Some thoughts of my own. Yes, remote peering is happening.  One thing touched upon is the layer3 vs layer2 traffic.  We at MidWest-IX only allow remote peering at a … Read more

Calea and the ISP

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The Communications and Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) passed in 1994 is a piece of legislation every U.S. ISP should know about and be in compliance with.  If for the simple fact the government can levy heavy fines if you aren’t compliant. For those of you wanting some background please follow these links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/policy-and-licensing-division/general/communications-assistance First … Read more

Self-Hosted speedtest

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xISP billing platforms

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One of the more common things I see on lists is asking for what billing platform to use for your ISP.  I have put together a list for ones to help you in your research.  These are presented in alphabetical order. These can also be found on https://startawisp.info  Wisp Focused Azotel https://www.azotel.com/ Billmax https://www.billmax.com/ Celerate … Read more

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