Amazon delivered my new 49″ curved monitor today. It reminds me how much I love tech and new gadgets. I wanted to thank each and every one of you who are Patreons. In December, I had the unfortunate time of hitting a dear in texas. Due to all of the airbags deploying, the car of my dreams was totaled. I am getting closer each day to my goal of replacing the vehicle. This would not be possible without your support. Anyway, on to the news.
Data Center News
•Virginia makes it easier for Data Centers to build in their state. CyrusOne buys land in northern Virginia.
•Can a data center heat homes? QTS and others are putting this theory to the test in the Netherlands.
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ISP News
•Comcast outs Verizon as the fastest ISP...at least for now.
•At the same time Verizon has the best network quality, according to J.D. Power. For the 30th consecutive time, the latest J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance Study, Volume 1, names Verizon as the most awarded brand for Wireless Network Quality. Verizon has now earned more than 185 J.D. Power Awards for Network Quality, which is more than any other U.S. network provider in the history of this study.
•unWired Broadband increases capacity in Laton, CA.
•Vistabeam acquires Raicom. Benkelman, NE – As part of its mission to bridge the digital divide, Vistabeam is pleased to announce that on December 1, 2022, it acquired Raicom, the fixed wireless division of BWTelcom.
•Sandvine talks about Internet traffic patterns and usage. The report, by Sandvine, says there was a 24% year-on-year increase in video traffic in H1 2022, alongside a 23% rise in overall Internet traffic, despite an end to pandemic-era lockdowns in many countries
•Kansas awards money to AT&T, Nex-Tech, and others.
Other Tech News
•Google Lays off more workers.
•RouterOS Version 7.7 is out
ªLooking to upgrade your phone soon? You may want to hold off a bit for the new models.
•Capital one lays off 1,100 Tech workers
•Paypal Breach. PayPal is sending out data breach notifications to thousands of users who had their accounts accessed through credential stuffing attacks that exposed some personal data. Credential stuffing are attacks where hackers attempt to access an account by trying out username and password pairs sourced from data leaks on various websites.
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