No. This effect has nothing to do with a big parade.
The trombone effect - or just "tromboning" - attempts to categorize the curious, latency-causing path information might travel due to the hub-and-spoke nature of the internet.
You’ve heard it all before. Capacity demands are up.
But do you know just how quickly global bandwidth is growing?
Senior Analyst Brianna Boudreau brings her expertise to Capacity Asia in Hong Kong, December 6-7.
Join Brianna as she moderates the panel "The Carrier and the Cloud: What Will Their Relationship Look Like?" at 4:15 on December 7.
Yesterday CenturyLink confirmed the rumors, announcing that they’ve reached a cash-and-stock deal to buy Level 3 Communications for around $25 billion.
Here’s what’s happening.
Last week I attended the Submarine Networks World Conference in Singapore. A record number of attendees was no doubt a reflection of the submarine cable sector's vibrancy.
TeleGeography estimates that $9.8 billion of new cables are entering service in 2016-2018. And, unsurprisingly, building more cables seemed to be on everyone’s mind.
TeleGeography's Africa research experts Paul Brodsky and Patrick Christian will be traveling to Cape Town for AfricaCom, November 15-17, 2016.
What happened during Friday’s massive internet outage on the East Coast?
TeleGeography's Tom Leins is traveling to London for the MVNOs Networking Congress November 1-2, 2016.
Tom, who puts together TeleGeography's popular MVNO Monday round-up in CommsUpdate, brings his expertise in the field to the event stage.
This week we completed another brilliant WAN Summit in London, welcoming corporate WAN strategists and service providers to connect with suppliers, customers, and peers.
We don't want anyone to feel left out. Here are some quick highlights from the Twitterverse.
Join Erik Kreifeldt at Capacity Europe November 7-9, 2016 in Paris, as he chairs two innovative panel sessions.
