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Smaller Market Data Centers Gain New Way to Connect to Internet Exchanges
Global internet exchange operator DE-CIX hopes to connect data centers in smaller markets using a new approach that could benefit customers of the data center operator. A recent deal with Kansas City, Mo., data center…
Verizon Exec Answers Questions re: Being a Google Gold VPP Peering Provider
Google has named Verizon Business a Verified Peering Provider (VPP). Verizon Business Vice President of Technology Enablement Steve Szabo answered questions from Telecompetitor about what that means for the company. Now that it has VPP…
Will Latency Be the Next Rural/Urban Digital Divide?
The U.S. is at risk of experiencing a new type of rural/urban digital divide, said stakeholders at the RTIME conference in Tampa on Monday. “Latency is becoming the new currency,” said Brent Legg, executive vice…
Internet Exchange Points Move Beyond Big Metros: $5M Grant Supports One in Wichita
The state of Kansas has awarded a $5 million grant to nonprofit Connected Nation to construct a carrier-neutral internet exchange point (IXP) adjacent to Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus. Construction will be done through Connected…
Smaller Cities to Gain Access to the Internet Exchange Point Club: CNIXP
Out-of-box thinker Hunter Newby is at it again. His company, Newby Ventures, is 50% of a new joint venture — Connected Nation Internet Exchange Points (CNIXP) — that aims to establish 125 new carrier-neutral internet…
AT&T Cisco Disaggregated Routing Deal Targets Peering at Network Edge
AT&T said today that it has deployed disaggregated IP routing at the network edge. The news is the latest in a string of developments AT&T has announced as part of the carrier’s broad plans to…
Ziply Acquires Wholesail Networks, Announces 13 Fiber Market Upgrades
Ziply, a unit of WaveDivision Capital, has acquired telecom infrastructure provider Wholesail Networks and has announced 13 Northwest markets that will receive fiber upgrades. The markets include tier 2 and 3 markets in Washington, Oregon,…
Windstream Wholesale International Connectivity Expands
Windstream Wholesale international connectivity will expand as the result of a new agreement to use Telxius to connect the Windstream Wholesale core network to the Marea and Brusa Cable Station Landing in Virginia Beach, VA.…
Charter New York Settlement Valued at $174.2 Million
Charter has agreed to a settlement valued at $174.2 million to resolve a suit brought against the company by the attorney general of the state of New York. The Charter New York settlement came in…
Rural Broadband Momentum Picks Up Steam as Flurry of Legislation Joins White House, FCC Initiatives
Rural broadband is receiving a lot of attention from policymakers these days on both the administrative and legislative fronts. A wide range of rural broadband legislation has been introduced in the House, and the Senate…
FCC Poised to Reverse Net Neutrality, Title II Decisions
The FCC will vote next month on an order that would reverse Net Neutrality guidelines imposed in 2015 under the previous administration, senior commission officials told reporters today. The order also would reclassify broadband as…
Netflix Wants FCC to Crack Down on Broadband Caps
Netflix is asking the FCC to establish a 10 Mbps downstream, 1 Mbps upstream definition for mobile broadband and to consider the impact that broadband caps have on the deployment of advanced telecom capability. The…