Packets Down Range #22:Databank, Bluebird, war over undersea cables

Data Center News •Databank completes a 24,000-square-foot expansion in SNA, which is in Irvine, California •More Data Centers coming to Ashburn. Both H5 and Edgecore announce new builds. Backbone and Fiber news •Cogent Earnings call on May 4th. •Bluebird Networks announces John Nolan as the new Chief Development Officer. •War over undersea cables. Subsea cables, … Read more

Packets Down Range #21: CCIEs make mistakes, fiber expansions, Ham Radio code

The days are getting longer here in Indiana. This has meant the start of my long-awaited pole barn project. This has meant some long days, with my body being sore at the end of it. What do you geeks/nerds/type-a folks do to further your goals along when you are not working? Data Center News •H5 … Read more

ISP vendors and industry guest posts

With the newsletter subscription mechanism out of the way, I have had some time to work on another project for the blog. Today I am excited to announce guest posts on the blog. If you are a Vendor or manufacturer in the ISP space, I invite you to reach out on how to post your … Read more

ISPs new years resolutions 2023 edition

If you are an ISP, you should do the following this year. If you need help doing any of this, I have some time available on a consulting basis to help. Reach out to me here. I have a special going on for hours of time. These are extremely limited, though.

Packets Down Range #10:Youtube, NFL, Comcast and more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

The ever-evolving service provider

Some of you may have noticed a subtle difference in the title. In many of my previous posts and articles, wISP was written as WISP. Note the capitalization of W. This represents a shift from Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) becoming a more hybrid approach to service delivery. What does this mean? Are Wireless providers … Read more

Patreon Edition of ISP news

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 … Read more

ISP News for the week ending April29th, 2022

Interconnection

Cloudflare blocks a 15rps DDOs Attack.https://blog.cloudflare.com/15m-rps-ddos-attack/ Good news regarding the chip shortage. “America’s ambitions to rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing industry took a step forward on Monday with the opening of a specialty chip fabrication plant in central New York.”https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/U.S.-opens-first-major-silicon-carbide-chip-plant-in-New-York The United States joins 55 nations to set Internet ruleshttps://www.reuters.com/technology/us-joins-55-nations-set-new-global-rules-internet-2022-04-28/ Will a re-brand of Frontier help … Read more