Networks

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. 

Jul 25, 2017

We All Experience Latency. So Let's Understand What it is.

“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.

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.

May 11, 2017

What is a VPN and Do I Need One?

May 9, 2017

How Do IP Addresses Work?

 What’s an IP address and how does it work?

Good question. Here's a quick guide to help you understand this core component of internet traffic.

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.

Feb 28, 2017

What is the Internet of Things?

You may have seen the term Internet of Things thrown around on our site before. If you’ve found yourself Googling IoT, look no further. Here’s a quick explanation.

Feb 10, 2017

Staring into the Luminiferous Ether (Or How Ethernet Got its Name)

Since Ethernet was invented in 1973, it has remained one of the most widely-used local area network technologies.

And as far as telecoms history goes, few modern tools have a naming story quite like Ethernet’s. Read on for the origin story of the "luminiferous ether."

Nov 28, 2016

Meet The Father of Fiber Optic Communication

Any good telecoms scholar has probably come across Charles K. Kao.

But even if you aren’t familiar with Kao, you’ve benefitted from his work. You might know him better as the father of fiber optic communication.