We dug into the latest summary of key findings from our innovative Data Center Research Service to extract three pricing facts we think any colo expert should have on their radar. Here's what we've got.
Jul 28, 2017
Shaping the Global Wholesale Bandwidth Market
The global wholesale bandwidth market is influenced by many factors—some that change the face of the industry and others that contribute a certain measure of predictability.
The industry is perpetually marked by the impetus to keep innovation and cost competitiveness ahead of inevitable price erosion.
“The connectivity sort of festoons around the continent—it’s all structured to backhaul that traffic to Europe where traffic gets exchanged. And that works. The big penalty you pay there is the distance. That latency for that traffic to go back and forth.”
The recent sale of shares by Altice USA has brought the company firmly into the spotlight, with the $2.15 billion deal becoming the largest initial public offer (IPO) by a U.S. telco since AT&T Wireless shares hit the market in 2000.
Jul 10, 2017
The Speed of Light Never Changes—Except When it Does
According to NASA, light travels at a constant, finite speed of 186,000 mi/sec.
So the speed of light never changes. End of blog post, right?
Wrong.
Jun 15, 2017
Christian Koch on Local Networks, Peering, and Bringing a Network Operators Group to NYC
Christian Koch is passionate about the internet.
As a WAN manager, how do you ensure your business has an available, reliable, and secure network when the nature of the workplace is always changing?
May 9, 2017
How Do IP Addresses Work?
What’s an IP address and how does it work?
Good question—and one that we’re sure has been dominating Google searches as of late. Here are the basics.
May 3, 2017
Cable Breakage: When and How Cables Go Down
Earlier this year we fielded some of the most frequently asked questions about submarine cables. How do they work? How thick are they? How many kilometers of cable are there?
Today, we're going back under the sea to talk about what happens when bad things happen to good submarine cables.
