I have had a good dig around twitter to try and find the best accounts for news about, ethernet, voip, colocation, broadband and general telecoms issues. I have also included some broad media related accounts that should help you stay on the cutting edge of the news.
One guys quest to get decent Ethernet to his farm!
ADVA Optical News tweets
http://twitter.com/ADVAOpticalNews
Telephlux tweets about all aspects of telecoms
The GigaOM bot brings you all the latest headlines from GigaOM network of blogs.
The Official Twitter for Telecom New Zealand Limited
Great tweets about broadband issues
http://twitter.com/broadbandtrends
Lots of news and analysis about the wireless world
http://twitter.com/WirelessWeek
Virgin Media’s official tweet – they seem to spend lots of time talking to customers
http://twitter.com/virginmedia
Virgin status updates – great tweet if like me Virgin is your ISP
Great site for all number of BBC tweets
Jemma Kiss of the Guardian Media Section
Bobbie Johnson Guardian Tech Journo
http://twitter.com/bobbiejohnson
Rhodri Marsden – Tech writer for the Independent
Murad Ahmed The Time tech writer
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Interoute Barometer
Interoute launches free Internet Barometer to alert businesses to danger on the Internet – 26 June 09
Real-time internet attack data provides organisations with vital insight into attack vectors
London, 26th June 2009 – Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest next-generation network, today launched a free internet security barometer that provides organisations with daily insight into malicious activity on the internet. The Internet Barometer collects data from numerous high performance sensors built into the core of the European Internet, logging the source, destination and type of malicious activity. Going beyond basic statistical data, Interoute is providing a valuable insight into security threats to help organisations identify and fend off the perpetrators of malicious threats and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Rather than relying on traditional methods of collecting data from firewalls and ADSL routers, Interoute analyses traffic on its 57,000 km fibre optic network. Starting with the de facto standard for vulnerability signatures, Interoute enriches the self calibrating ‘blacklist’ with custom DDoS attack detection. This information is gathered and placed into a balanced score-card for attack weighting. High and medium ranked security alerts are then mapped against the geographic location of the origin and destination of the attacks.
“The barometer is a free service that will allow any user or system administrator to review real attack data to help prevent security threats,” said Mark Osborne Chief Information Security Officer at Interoute. “Many companies reliant on the internet have been vulnerable to blackmailers threatening to compromise their business by taking them offline through DDoS attacks. Those who couldn’t afford the price tag were left exposed because they didn’t know where the threats were coming from. The Interoute Internet barometer will allow IT departments and system administrators to regain control.”
Two years in development, the system has been built with specialist data feeds to guarantee a high degree of accuracy. More significantly, it is also able to anonymise data, so that it can be made available real-time to the public without risk of infringing data protection rights.
Bob Tarzey, Analyst and Director, Quocirca: “Anything that helps businesses protect themselves from online threats is a good thing; the Interoute Internet Barometer monitors threats from within the Internet rather than at its edge, which means they should be detected at an early stage. By providing this free service, Interoute will help companies keep unwanted traffic under control, and ensure its own network performs better.”
Interoute is also offering business access to a free widget, which updates according to the day’s threat level. The Interoute Internet Barometer is currently a beta version. Interoute’s security team will be enhancing the system to provide historical trends and diagnostic tools.
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New fibre optic sub-sea cable goes live today, createing a digital superhighway from Africa to Europe, Asia and beyond
London, 23 July, 2009 – SEACOM’s sub-sea cable has launched today, providing southern and eastern Africa with high capacity connectivity at much lower rates than traditional satellite networks. The 17,000 kilometre intercontinental fibre optic network will also connect to Interoute’s pan-European fibre optic network from its landing point in Marseille, providing access to major business centres in Europe and throughout the rest of the world.
The agreement will allow Interoute and SEACOM to open up new opportunities for telecommunications companies and enterprises in the region, as well as supporting the growing demand for broadband. The region has seen a phenomenal increase in demand for Internet connectivity, with users rising by 1,062% from 2000 to 2008*.
Gareth Williams, Interoute CEO commented “The launch of SEACOM is an important milestone for African Telecoms and we are delighted to be a part of it; providing the European connectivity from the cable’s landing point in Marseille. Demand for bandwidth across Africa has been outstripping supply for some time, in fact demand grew 1, 062 per cent from 2000 to 2008 alone, so the new cable is crucial for the growth of business on the continent.”
The SEACOM fibre optic cable runs along the east coast of Africa, creating a digital super highway that links South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya with Europe and South Asia. The cable extends to Marseilles, where it connects to Interoute’s network providing a speed of light route to Europe, North America and the Middle East, as well as access to Interoute’s range of wholesale and enterprise services. The new sub-sea cable will offer 1.28TB/s of capacity, enabling high definition TV, peer to peer networks, and IPTV, as well as support surging Internet demand.
“Today is a historic occasion for Africa and marks the dawn of a new era for communications between the continent and the rest of the world. The tireless efforts of the past 24 months have come to fruition and we are proud to be part of building the foundations of Africa’s future infrastructure through the provision of unprecedented and affordable high capacity and connectivity in southern and eastern Africa,” said Brian Herlihy, SEACOM CEO. “In addition, linking our system to the Interoute network provides vital access to Europe and the rest of the world, opening up the region to important business hubs across the globe.”
“From a business point of view this connection is a vital step forward for countries that have, up until now, had to rely on expensive satellite connections for communications. It will give access to information from global sources and enable businesses to work effectively with organisations across the globe using this high capacity connection.,” said Gareth Williams.
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Great Colocation Centre Photos
Atlanta Colocation Centre Photo
Wonder what it look likes inside a colocation centre?
These great photos inside a colocation centre in Atlanta.
These are cool photos here is the full set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/timdorr/sets/72057594136833472/
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A Brief History of the telephone
This is a neat little video about the history of the telephone. Explain the history of the telephone from landlines to Voip
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Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest next-generation network, today announced EBITDA of €25 million for 2008, a €31 million improvement over 2007. It finished 2008 with a fifth consecutive quarter of EBITDA positive growth, taking its accounting revenues for 2008 to €247 million up from €188 million in 2007. Interoute is in a strong position to build on its 32% growth rate recorded in 2008 by capitalising on the global demand for high-capacity connectivity. Since 2003 it has provided both the pan-European enterprise and wholeale carrier market with a portfolio of innovative services and next-generation connectivity from its pan-European fibre-optic network. In 2008 sales to pan-European enterprises accounted for well over half of interoute’s annual revenues.
Unburdened by legacy technologies, Interoute’s network and operating costs increased only 9% in 2008. This operational gearing results from Interoute’s next generation business model, which allows the Company to rapidly expand services for its customers based on its fibre optic network without incurring additional costs. This strategy has reinforced its enviable position as a next-generation network services provider and allowed it to focus on developing its innovative product portfolio. This includes the creation of the largest privately-owned IP cloud in Europe; an IP network that lets companies store their applications and data securely in the Interoute network, meaning IT resources can be accessed from anywhere at anytime. Its enterprise VoIP service, Interoute One, and its content distribution and hosting services are tailored for today’s enterprises including the media, music and gaming industries.
Commenting on the results Gareth Williams, Interoute CEO said “The recent flight towards fibre has been a strong impetus for our revenue growth. This demand for fibre connectivity and services that are optimised by a next-generation network is coming from companies who are adopting emerging technologies and expanding their global services Network scalability is crucial for companies wanting to provide ‘on-demand’ software-as-a-service solutions, or virtualisation technologies and our extensive data centre footprint is designed to deliver a scalable and resilient network that can be ‘turned up or down’ on demand as capacity dictates. We have the capacity reserves to roll-out 60Gbps of capacity to new customers in a matter of days.”
Williams concluded: “As other telecoms operators struggle with the financial burden of upgrading their legacy networks, we’ve focused on our fibre-optic heritage. This, together with our business model and lean management structure, allows us to offer customers the most cost-efficient next-generation capacity and services. We’ve secured an edge in this market and what’s important moving forward is that we continue to deliver optimum customer service supported by our customer portal and ability to deliver fast and efficiently.”
Interoute’s pan European network links to 93 cities in 24 countries. Combined with its 86,700 square meters of co-location space across 59 data centres, Interoute has Europe’s largest fibre and duct reserve that allows it to capitalise on existing and new revenue streams from emerging markets. For example, East and South East Europe saw a 39.5 per cent increase in demand for broadband services over the twelve months to September 2008, with countires like Macedonia experiencing a 177% jump in demand1.Given the growth, Interoute continues its commitment to building and operating a communications bridge across the European Continent, and back to North America and the Middle East. The landing of a 300km submarine fibre cable at Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, linking Malta with Italy and the rest of Europe, was a testament to this effort.
Sources1. Telegeography, Sept 2007-08, the aggregate rate of broadband subscriber growth in South and Eastern Europe was 39.5%, with some countries experiencing rapid growth: Serbia (138%), Macedonia (177%), Albania (120%).
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Tunisie Telecom has signed a contract with Interoute to establish a subsea cable linking North Africa to Interoute’s pan-European fibre optic network. The cable, due to land in Sicily in October, gives Tunisia ownership over the flow of its internet traffic and removes the reliance on consortium owned subsea cables such as SEAMEWE 4. By connecting to Interoute’s advanced fibre optic network, Tunisie Telecom will have access to the independent operator’s innovative services and competitive pricing model. This is crucial to keeping the incumbent carriers competitive and places Tunisie Telecom at the forefront of the continued broadband boom – Tunisian IP traffic tripled in 2008.
The venture will see a 170km unrepeated fibre optic cable run from Kelibia, Tunisia, to Interoute’s landing station in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily. From Sicily the cable will connect to Interoute’s pan-European fibre optic network providing a speed of light route to Paris and access to 24 networked countries. The new cable will offer 3.2 Tera-Bits Per Second of capacity, capable of streaming approximately 4,000,000 simultaneous youtube videos. On completion, this will be Interoute’s seventh European landing station connecting sub sea systems into its pan European network.
Gareth Williams, CEO Interoute commented, “Interoute is proud to be part of the movement to support the growing North African market with high speed, high capacity connectivity. We have previously linked the UK and Scandinavia to our pan European network (via submarine cables in the North and Baltic seas) and the Balkan countries via a subsea cable to Greece for OTE Globe, and Malta with GO. This bold new project from Tunisia Telecom will ensure that nation’s rapid broadband growth and developing tech industry will be supported for many years to come. This project also secures Tunisia’s place as the leader in bridging North Africa’s digital divide, bringing the region on-net to the European Union.”
“In the past year repeated submarine cables outages in the Mediterranean have demonstrated the value of having multiple cables that offer diversity,” said Alan Mauldin, Research Director, TeleGeography. “Tunisie Telecom’s new cable, supported by Interoute’s pan European fibre optic network, will provide the additional capacity and resiliency the country needs to meet the needs of Internet users and enterprises in the country.”
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How secure is skype? It is something that alway pops up when people are discussing the merits of VOIP and free services like Skype.
Security is really important if you are looking for a business voip solution, less so you would think on a free service like skype.
Well this post over at the register flags up the idea that the NSA and other security networks have a huge issue with the security measures on Skype. As it both free and and peer to peer it means that those wishing to listen in have real issues. Has the NSA really offered millions of dollars for a back door entry into the skype system.
I am not sure if this is clever PR by Skype (making users think it is more secure than it is), a neat trick to get people to use skype when the NSA has already cracked it or the truth? Who knows? It does raise some interesting questions.
Read the article here
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A successful partnership with Tesene to bring the NGN fibres directly inside the Ask premises in Italy
Rome, 4 December 2008 – Interoute, owner of Europe’s most advanced next-generation network, today announced it has completed the connection of leading search engine Ask.com’s office in Pisa, to its fibre optic backbone. Interoute joined forces with its partner Tesene, a local ISP with an innovative approach to web services, in order to fulfill this exciting project.
Ask.com’s hub in Italy focuses around developing special functionalities to enhance the search engine potential, based on unique ranking methodology, vertical search technologies and application-level features.
Located in the centre of Pisa, one of the Italy’s many architectural jewels, Ask.com needs high quantities of good quality bandwidth at a competitive price. The ideal solution is a direct connection to a fibre optic backbone, but its location makes these needs very challenging.
Interoute was up for the challenge thanks to the experience gained in the last six years (over 4.000 km of fibres have been laid in Italy) – which has allowed connecting other customers in the centre of Pisa too.
Thanks to a solution designed to minimize disruption to Pisa’s citizens, as well delivery times, Interoute has dug and connected Ask.com premises to its backbone. As a result, the customer can now take advantage of high quality telecommunication services that can only be found inside internet exchange points.
Mr Antonio Gulli, Ask.com’s Chief Technology Officer for UK and Europe said of the project: “The value of many new business innovations and services is shaped by the ability to extend the physical limits of the network. Finding a responsive and trusted partner is a primary need to fuel high-performance and ambitious businesses like us. Interoute was the right choice for Ask.com.”
According to Renzo Ravaglia, Country Manager Interoute Italia, “Ask.com is a very prestigious brand that we proudly add to the list of our technologically advanced customers. This project to bring high quality connectivity under very constrained digging condition is a joint success of Interoute and Tesene, and thanks to the collaboration of the Pisa municipality it has now become a reality. Many telecom providers give up when having to dig inside historical town centers to reach their customers but as we’ve proved in the past, Interoute is different.”
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Online consumers in Britain are satisfied with their internet access, despite UK speeds being slower than those in other developed countries, it has been revealed.
Commenting on research carried out by telecommunications regulator Ofcom, Rupert Wood, principal analyst at IT support group Analysys Mason, stated that people generally understand the limitations of the service they are buying.
He added the research found that just nine per cent of respondents expressed overall dissatisfaction with their broadband service, despite findings that the average broadband speed is below the average maximum available across the UK.
Mr Wood concluded: “What this survey shows above all else is that, so long as people are aware of what they are buying, supply to a large extent informs demand and that the two are in truth substantially aligned.”
Earlier this week, technology advice website broadband.co.uk claimed Ofcom can play an important role in helping to ensure good customer service practices are maintained across the telecommunications industry.
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