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Packets Down Range #18:Water cooling, fiber, and great rack!

Next week is WISPAMERICA2023 in Louisville Kentucky. I will be attending. Before then, I am going to try and squeeze in another PDR before the conference next week. If you have not signed up, please do so at this link. Data Center News•Google is getting in on the water cooling trend in their data centers. •Are enterprise data centers outliving their usefulness? •Jay Hanke talks about OSP entrances at their carrier hotels. •Databank issues 715 Million in secured notes. The new securitization notes...

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Packets Down Range #17:Cogent Wavelengths, earnings news, DDoS

I am fresh back from Nanog #87 in Atlanta. Great times! Thank you to those who gave me some lines on this week’s news articles. Keep those submissions coming. By now, everyone who has signed up should be receiving this in their e-mail box. If you could simply comment at the bottom of this post that you received the email, I would appreciate it. if you have not signed up, please do so at this link. This week’s Patreon edition will be available...

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Packets Down Range #15: Patreon Edition

This content is for Patreon subscribers of the j2 blog. Please consider becoming a Patreon subscriber for as little as $1 a month. This helps to provide higher quality content, more podcasts, and other goodies on this blog.To view this content, you must be a member of Justin’s Patreon Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to access this content.

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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...

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Packets Down Range #7:Thanksgiving edition

Welcome to issue #7 of Packets Down Range. Turkey Day is almost upon us here in the States. As a result, I am pushing this out a day early. Keep those news reports coming. I will be having a Patreon Edition on Black Friday, mainly focusing on some hand-picked deals related to networking. I also have some items listed on Facebook WISP equipment with free shipping for Patreon supporters. Data Center News •How do Data Centers work? When touring part of Flexential’s datacenter...

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Packets Down Range #4: Security, Streaming & rate hikes,ARM processor news

Welcome to issue #4 of Packets Down Range. My name is Justin, and I’ll be your host. Highlights of this issue include acquisitions, arm processor news, Nanog elections, and more. . Since the last issue, I have registered packetsdownrange.com. If you have news or want to discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact me. Data Center News •Data Center Switch spending to actually increase. this jives with Companies, such as Arista, who are posting better-than-expected earnings. •Would you run your data center at ninety degrees?...

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Packets Down Range #3: October 27 ISP News & More

For this edition, I am posting it a day early. Depending on how traffic goes, Thursday may be the new day for this newsletter. Since we are still new, expect some changes like this until things work out. If you are a supporter, don’t forget about the Patreon edition, which has even more news. Fall is in full force here in Indiana. The leaves are changing, Halloween is approaching, and computer geeks are starting to spend even more time indoors. In this issue,...

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Packets Down Range: October 21 ISP News & More

The weather is turning cold and the days getting shorter here in Indiana. I am still working on the e-mail subscription part of this newsletter. I hope to have that squared away by the next edition. It boils down to purchasing the software at this point. If you have news you would like to submit, please e-mail me here. Sponsors and Patreons are welcome as well. Data Center News AWS taps “sustainable concrete” for new builds H5 acquires 505 Marquette Cologix opens new...

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