This article was originally posted at GeoTel Communications. In the 1990s and early 2000s, local governments and service providers, excited by the promise of fiber optic telecommunications, invested trillions of dollars into building fiber optic loops in their cities and metro areas. Enthusiastic carriers and service providers invested in these new fiber networks, but the predicted demand did not come. As a result, today many fiber graveyards sit either underutilized or completely unused a

This blog article was originally posted on Geo-Tel Communication's blog. Last month, the Provo City Council approved Google’s plans to acquire the city’s existing fiber optic network, iProvo, for only $1 so that Google could bring its 1 Gbps Internet service there. This would allow Google to offer a basic five-megabit connection to all residents for seven years, as well as free gigabit service to 25 public institutions such as schools and recreational centers. Now, according to an article i

This blog article was originally posted at Geo-Tel Communications With rapidly growing communication needs, there is an ever-increasing demand for higher speeds and improved connectivity than what is provided by traditional broadband. The good news is that when connectivity providers compete, the customer always wins. Healthy competition between carriers results in more choices, better service, and more affordable prices for the customer. If you’re renting or buying new office space, findin

Any IT system is dependent on there being an efficient level of network communications; this relates to how different computers and devices are able to exchange data, to the devices that enable these transfers, and how different protocols are set up to determine how information is processed and delivered to the right places. Effectively, network communications can be explored through how a consistent exchange can be provided between a set of layers, with varying set ups in place depending

Are you in charge of recommending or deciding what technology your company provides for staff? How will you decide between smartphones, tablets or laptops? What criteria will you use? This decision carries a number of risks. Get it wrong and you may have unsatisfied and unproductive staff. But get it right… and there is nothing better than a happy and productive workforce. It’s a big decision, but no need to panic. We’ll help guide you to the right solution for your environment. Just follow the

The upcoming iPhone 5S will help open up opportunities for mobile VoIP service providers with the right apps. Read more here: http://blog.ipsmarx.com/apple-to-release-new-iphone-how-mobile-voip-service-providers-can-take-advantage/?utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=VoIPtelecombusinessstartupsnetwork&utm_campaign=JT

The IPsmarx Solution enables you to offer mobile top up to your customers. They simply provide the international phone number of the customer they want to recharge and you can easily add balance to these prepaid cell phones in 50 different countries. Your customers can top up online or through a local agent and our solution gives you the tools to manage both! Find out more here: http://www.ipsmarx.com/Solutions/PrepaidSolutions/InternationalMobileTopUp.html?utm_source=telecomyou&utm_medium

Network Packet Broker Network Packet Broker (NPB) is a new category in networking world defined by Gartner in their latest research. This category basically covers what was used to be “Network Monitoring Switch” and gives this category a new name, as market is rapidly increasing and products are becoming more complex. So, lets describe it little bit more detailed (I will not use 100% of Gartner research, as I feel there should be slight changes of this article). Network Packet Broker products a

My most recent blogs have been more about cutting edge changes in mobility and how they may affect corporate enterprises in general. Today I thought I would stretch out from that and reach a little farther into the future of smartphones and cars. As a child I always loved concept cars and that someday planes and cars would merge and cars would be able to fly. Well as we still wait for those flying cars, here is something more reachable. In my latest trip to the car show there were cars that c

In today’s virtual world many SMBs, see little use in paying for things like rent and utilities if they don’t need to...Read more here:http://blog.ipsmarx.com/smbenterprise-demand-rising-for-unified-communications-and-voip/?utm_source=telecomyou&utm_medium=blogs&utm_campaign=JT