Well, you’ve heard me ramble on in several directions on this subject already, so now it’s time to find out how readers feel. Comcast is excluding traffic generated by Xfinity TV for the Xbox from its bandwidth caps when it comes to internet service. Are they playing fair or aren’t they? The FCC and DOJ will weigh in someday, but in the meantime let’s try a poll: [Read more →]
tw telecom Advances in Hawaii, Pacific Northwest
May 17th, 2012
TW Telecom (NASDAQ:TWTC, news, filings) goes about its business in such an understated way that it’s too easy to miss the interesting bits. This week they had some luck to the west, picking up both a solid enterprise and federal wins. [Read more →]
Datacenter Bytes 5/17: IO, Telx, Terremark, Earthlink, Equinix
May 17th, 2012
Time to survey some news this week in the datacenter and cloud sector from IO, Telx, Terremark, Earthlink, and Equinix: [Read more →]
Words Fail the Comcast Prioritization Discussion
May 16th, 2012
Is Comcast prioritizing its packets? Are they running over a network separate from their internet service? Are they violating the terms agreed to as part of the NBCU purchase? Lots of stuff out there right now that contradicts itself, but the underlying problem is perhaps the that the industry’s vocabulary is just not up to the task. [Read more →]
euNetworks Joins 100G Club
May 16th, 2012

This is definitely looking like the year 100G goes mainstream, as operators large and small are starting to deploy it for real. This morning it was the independent European metro fiber operator euNetworks (news), which has taken the plunge for its intercity network. [Read more →]
Equinix Strikes Again, Buys ancotel
May 16th, 2012

If you thought Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) had satisfied its appetite for inorganic expansion in favor of organic buildouts worldwide, you were wrong. The organic buildouts continue of course, but the giant of the carrier neutral colocation space said this morning that it would acquire Frankfurt-based ancotel, further strengthening its European presence. [Read more →]
Zayo Optimizes Chicago/Seattle Route For Latency
May 16th, 2012

Zayo Group (news, filings) is taking on the low latency challenge west of the Mississippi, building on the assets and services it acquired in the 360networks deal to bring Chicago closer to Seattle. They are deploying a newly optimized route, which cuts 100 [Read more →]
Int’l Roundup 5/15: Columbus, Orange, Level 3, Teliasonera, Sparkle
May 15th, 2012
With ITW now in full swing, it’s fitting that there’s a whole series of interesting news on the international front to take a quick look through: [Read more →]
Interoute Stretches to the East
May 15th, 2012
Interoute (news) is stepping further outside its usual haunts and adding overseas points of presence to its network. Today the pan-European fiber operator stretched far to the east and announced the addition of a new PoP in Hong Kong, giving it an [Read more →]
Cologix Acquires The Minneapolis Gateway
May 15th, 2012

Cologix has expanded its US presence via inorganic means by purchasing The Minneapolis Gateway, which lies within 511 11th Avenue South in, as you might have already guessed, Minneapolis MN. [Read more →]
Expansions On the Menu for Sidera, Lightower, Zayo, Level 3
May 14th, 2012

Organic expansions are the order of the day, here’s a quick look at where Sidera, Lightower, Level 3, and Zayo are putting capex to work this week. [Read more →]
Hibernia, Eastlink, Tele Greenland Team Up For Icelandic Connectivity
May 14th, 2012

A trio of companies are working on a new low latency connection between New York City in Landeyajasandur, Iceland. We’re not talking about a new cable built from scratch, however, but rather a new use for infrastructure that each of the three companies can already bring to the table combined with some newly built enhancements. [Read more →]
Facebook Taps Teliasonera For Euro Network
May 14th, 2012
Teliasonera International Carrier added a big, gaudy feather to its cap this morning. Facebook, the social networking giant that will soon go public, has selected the company to build and operate a new pan-European managed optical network. [Read more →]
LightSquared Prepares to Face the Music
May 14th, 2012
The music is about to stop, and LightSquared is far from an available chair. Barring another extension, when 2pm rolls around today the erstwhile 4G wholesale disruptor will be in violation of the terms of its debt. The word is that a deal between Harbinger and LightSquared’s lenders is nowhere close, and preparations are underway [Read more →]
Eye-rolling Bandwidth Silliness
May 13th, 2012
The internet can be a crazy place when governments get involved, whether large or small, friend or foe: [Read more →]
Int’l Colo Roundup 5/11: Savvis, Terremark, Interxion, Pacnet
May 11th, 2012
More quick takes on interesting items from the colo sector, which in the last day or two has mostly been overseas: [Read more →]
euNetworks Sees Sales Surge in Q1
May 11th, 2012
The sputtering economy in Europe isn’t hurting the fiber business too much, if euNetworks’ first quarter is anything to judge by. After buying both LamdaNet and TeraGate last summer, the company has been busy integrating the assets while ramping its on-net footprint. [Read more →]
Leapfrogging Makes No Sense In India Today
May 11th, 2012
This article was authored by Don Sambandaraksa, and was originally posted on telecomasia.net.
India has long been a land of many wonders, from Buddhism to the Taj Mahal, and regulator TRAI must rank among them with recent turns of events. [Read more →]
Cisco Says Boo!
May 10th, 2012
Cisco took a bit of a breather from its resurgence as tech bellweather to throw a bit of a macroeconomic scare into the market yesterday. The general consensus was that their earnings were not bad, and in fact came in a hair above estimates. But forward guidance for EPS of $0.44-0.46 was a few pennies short of projections, and the accompanying commentary [Read more →]
Tata Signs On With Seaborn to Hook Up Brazil
May 10th, 2012

There is no hotter place right now when it comes to new submarine cable plans than Brazil, with multiple projects competing for top billing for bringing big bandwidth to South America. One of those, Seaborn Networks, upped the ante substantially this morning by announcing a major anchor tenant for its proposed [Read more →]
Metro Fiber Roundup 5/10: 24/7, Level 3, Fatbeam, tw telecom
May 10th, 2012

Lots of fiber expansion activity in the news that’s worth a quick look: [Read more →]
Colo Bytes 5/9: Savvis, CENX, DBR360, PhoenixNAP, zColo, Equinix
May 9th, 2012
Time for a quick look at some recent news items from the colocation and interconnection markets – there’s been lots of it. [Read more →]
360networks and MarquisNet Boost Zayo’s Fiscal Q3
May 9th, 2012
With the AboveNet deal still in the wings, Zayo Group (news, filings) passed the $100M quarterly revenue threshold in its third fiscal quarter while continuing its margin growth. Here’s a quick tabular summary: [Read more →]