The evolution of work at home continues with the introduction of the Comcast Business Teleworker VPN. Comcast is partnering with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, for the VPN platform. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly restructured how people work. The…
Although it may not be the most advanced option, voice calling was rated the most important communications option for teleworkers during COVID-19, according to a COVID-19 teleworkers communications report from Global Wireless Solutions. One third of smartphone users surveyed said…
Comcast Business has joined the ranks of service providers helping work from home (WFH) employees remain productive during – and no doubt after – the COVID-19 pandemic with a service promising the same level of security and services that is…
Rural counties are the least prepared for a major increase in people working from home during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new report. The report comes from a researcher at the Purdue University Center for Regional Development who analyzed…
July 13, 2021 – The Michigan cities of Farmington Hills & Farmington have both signed up to become a SiFi Networks’ FiberCity®. SiFi Networks is already constructing networks in California and Massachusetts, and these two cities will be the first…
New consumer and small business users of CenturyLink leased modems will be protected by McAfee security technology. CenturyLink says that modem protection will be established for “qualifying” customers for Internet-connected devices once they are plugged into the wall and the…
Ericsson and Telarus are partnering to target the SMB sector with a subscription-based remote work platform that is 5G-ready. The strategic partnership between the vendor and Telarus – which Ericsson calls “the largest privately held master agent in the U.S.”…
Ziply Fiber will expand gigabit broadband to 22 more markets later this year, the company announced today. The expansion will be concentrated in smaller and rural towns across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana this calendar year. Expansion will focus mostly…
The addition next month by AT&T of enhanced fixed wireless 5G connectivity options to its business fiber network options will increase the flexibility and value of the network to customers, the carrier says. The network currently supports more than 2.5…
Charter Communications’ Spectrum Enterprise has launched Managed Network Edge (MNE), a cloud-based implementation and management platform for WANs and LANs. It is based on Cisco Meraki’s software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) platform. MNE, which is aimed at the mid-size business and…
CARES Act broadband funding helped enable the town of Bristol, New Hampshire to deploy 24 miles of fiber to pass 400 Bristol residences and connect to Plymouth State University. The CARES Act funding was a $1.52 million grant. In a…
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