Final yr, New York Metropolis eliminated its final public payphone. This motion marked the tip of an period, however a brand new one has already unfolded.
Our July record of advisable reads touches on the newest iteration of LinkNYC, submarine cables, a recent TeleGeography presentation, and … butter.
It is okay to overlook payphones
The successor to New York’s payphones, LinkNYC kiosks, started rolling out in 2016. And regardless of their free Wi-Fi providing, many New Yorkers weren’t impressed.
Will Link5G–the second era of LinkNYC–fare higher? Try this video by Mild Studying for a complete have a look at the scenario.
The Secret Lifetime of the five hundred+ Cables That Run the Web
We will by no means resist sharing a very good cable piece—particularly when a TeleGeography analyst is featured!
CNET simply revealed a really detailed overview of submarine cables. Inside, you’ll be able to examine:
- Why subsea cables are spreading
- The origin of subsea communications
- How subsea cables work
- How subsea cables are put in
- Subsea cable cuts and fixes
- Making subsea cables sooner
- Geopolitical issues of subsea cables
- Subsea cable vulnerabilities
- Constructing a extra resilient subsea cable community
Look out for cool graphics and some quotes from our very personal Alan Mauldin.
Content material Suppliers Are Nonetheless Hungry for Bandwidth
Analysis Analyst Marvin Tan lately joined Ciena and Telstra for a dwell webinar highlighting Asia-Pacific market drivers, developments, and new cable builds.
Peruse his presentation to discover a surge in new cable development, the fact of U.S. and China decoupling, an outline of all previous and new cable programs throughout the Pacific, and extra.
Land O’Lakes desires to make rural America the land o’ broadband
Butter firm Land O’Lakes is spreading its assets into rural broadband infrastructure.
In accordance with Fierce Telecom, “Land O’Lakes’ American Connection Undertaking has led to free, public Wi-Fi accessible at greater than 3,000 places and 50 everlasting broadband infrastructure installations throughout the U.S.”
Serving to to bridge the digital divide, one stick at a time.
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