A small milestone, issue #10. The weather outside is quite frightening. The wind chill is -37 here in Indiana. I want to extend a Happy Holidays greeting to everyone. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah Perfect time to catch up on documentation and the newsletter. Submit any news here. Data Center & Cloud News •Meta believes AI is the future of the Data Center. Interconnection & Peering •Zayo lights up more 400Gig Links. •Quantum Loophole has been expanding rapidly. Check out their LinkedIn for...
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Packets Down Range #9:Lumen, Cloud, 800GB switches. Sponsors needed
Welcome to issue #9 of Packets Down Range. I am a little behind because a deer decided to jump in front of my car on a recent trip to Texas. There wasn’t much damage, but almost all the airbags were deployed, which caused the car to be a total loss. As a result, I am behind and need those sponsorships. :-). Submit any news here. Data Center & Cloud News •Comcast expands to H5 Albuquerque •The big cloud names score a combined $9...
Continue reading...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...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...
Continue reading...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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Finally had some time to contribute to another podcast I am a part of. http://thebrotherswisp.com/index.php/the-brothers-wisp-115-wisp-after-death-unifi-video-eol-rpki-basics/ This week we talk about:WISP Virtual Summit July 28thSave Dave’s brainRIP Ubiquiti Unifi Video – EOL 1/1/2021zwift.comCloudflare DNS outageDavid – Arduino, PHP programming, cycling and weight loss, new kid,Wilson’s RPKIMike got some new hardware; a stent!I’m done with my sales training – I’m a real boy
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