In the online world, where every wrong click can lead to disaster, it's critical that broadband service providers have robust cybersecurity in place. In addition to the benefit of mitigating the substantial negative impact a [...]
June 6th, 2012 was World IPv6 Day. On that day several major ISPs, equipment manufacturers and website operators committed to deploy IPv6 for their products and services. Yet, over ten years later there are estimates [...]
In 2022 the FCC announced they would be launching a new CALEA Electronic Filing System (CEFS) for the filing of CALEA System Security and Integrity (SSI) Plans. They later launched that system and asked Internet [...]
Over time, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have grown and evolved into threats that have targeted businesses across the globe. Because so many of our daily activities are Internet-based, an attack can disrupt network [...]
CALEA is the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which requires all facilities-based broadband providers and providers of interconnected voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to have the procedures and systems in place to be [...]
Following are the results from a survey I conducted of broadband service providers related to the new FCC mandate for biannual reporting of broadband availability data in the Broadband Data Collection System. First, let me [...]
Cable operators have long known the benefits of having more fiber in their Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) plant, and for some, especially so, as they have taken fiber all the way to the premises in [...]
Open Access broadband networks have been gaining ground over the past few years as governments and municipalities are noticing the many advantages they provide. It’s a way for a city to provide fast and affordable [...]
Being able to provide fast, reliable, AND affordable broadband access to all parts of the country has been a goal that has created several public policy discussions about deployment and getting access to underserved areas. [...]
In its effort to ensure greater accuracy with its Broadband Map, the FCC is requiring that every provider of broadband service in the U.S. and U.S Territories to begin uploading their broadband serviceable locations into [...]
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides $65 billion dollars to improve broadband access and affordability across the U.S. The biggest portion of that bundle of cash is the $42.45 billion that will be distributed [...]
With the lingering IPv4 address shortage, providers are trying to find viable solutions to tackle the problem. If you’re one of these providers, there are several factors that you need to be aware of that [...]
