Archive for September, 2008
Interoute Increases CERNS bandwidth by 1066%
When the Hadron Collider experiment began, Interoute helped to keep CERNS website online by a providing a massive increase in bandwidth.
The huge surge in internet traffic, an increase of 1066% at it’s height, was managed by Interoute. In anticipation of the increase of visitors CERN asked Interoute [...]
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Tags: Bandwidth, CERN, IP Transit
Voip for Business – The Issues?
Voip For Business
The use of voip services such as Skype has rapidly increased in recent years. The numbers using Skype has risen from roughly 11 million users in 2006 to over 32 million this summer. The majority of this use has been by individuals and not businesses.
The reasons for taking up a voip solution for [...]
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Tags: business, networking, networks, Voip
Broadband connectivity is frequently seen as a key ingredient for a successful, innovative economy. The reach of the Ethernet network, the speed and number of users plugged into the network are seen as key economic indicators.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) produced results in 2006 that should the percentage reach of broadband in [...]
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Tags: Ethernet, gigabit ethernet, SDH
Remember security when installing Voip?
The advantages to businesses of installing VoIP networks are clear in terms of their budgets. The monthly phone bills can be cut to the bone, reducing them by as much as 80%. The savings are clear even when you factor in the cost of the set up, equipment and even monthly [...]
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Tags: business voip, interoute, security, Voip
What is fast Ethernet?
What is fast Ethernet?
Ethernet is the term coined by Robert Metcalfe of PARC for the system he developed to power the new laser print in his office building. In the early 1970’s this was new challenge, as the Xerox printer was connected to a large number of computers with the building. These computers [...]
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Tags: ethenet, gigabit ethernet, interoute, LAN
A brief introduction to VoIP.
A brief introduction to VoIP.
VoIP stands for Voice-over-Internet protocol. At a very basic level it is the idea of using a data network to transfer voice between two points. Although voip has become a buzz word in recent years it has it origins as far back as the early 1970s. The pioneering work of Danny [...]
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Tags: business, voice over ip, Voip
The Appeal of Using VOIP at home
The Appeal of Using VOIP at home
The promise of voip is hugely enticing to the home consumer. The allure of extremely low cost or completely free phone calls across an IP network is a god send in these money tight times.
I have often wondered if the hype surrounding the voip revolution was just that, hype. [...]
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Tags: business voip, Voip, voip at home
The Invention of Ethernet – Robert Metcalfe, David Reeves Boggs and PARC.
Without the Ethernet modern commerce couldn’t function. Our modern economy is heavily reliant on the fast, smooth transfer of data. I find it odd that the inventors of the networking system that allows this to occur are only known to computer geeks. Robert [...]
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Tags: Ethernet, interoute, LAN, SDH
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