In Memory of Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011 misc

Steve Jobs died at the age of 56. Here we see Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985, life & death. R.I.P. Steve..     If you like this post please support us by liking us or [...]

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Crazed Squirrels Huge Threat to Fiber Optic Networks

August 5, 2011 Level 3 News (Nasdaq: LVLT)

The 10 Most Bizarre and Annoying Causes of Fiber Cuts Squirrels – who would ever think they could shut down your connectivity? While we can try to reason with humans and publicize our underground cable, there is nothing we can do about our next biggest pain in the rear, and that’s squirrels!  Of all the [...]

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Windstream set to acquire PAETEC

August 1, 2011 Paetec News (NASDAQ GS: PAET)

Windstream Corp. (Nasdaq: WIN) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PAETEC Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: PAET), based in Fairport, N.Y., in a transaction valued at approximately $2.3 billion. “This transaction significantly advances our strategy to drive top-line revenue growth by expanding our focus on business and broadband services,” said Jeff Gardner, president and CEO [...]

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Polycom Completes Acquisition of HP Visual Collaboration Business Unit

July 30, 2011 Polycom News (Nasdaq: PLCM)

Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), a global leader in unified communications (UC), today announced the close of its acquisition of HP’s Visual Collaboration business, and the agreement under which Polycom will serve as an exclusive partner to HP for telepresence and certain video UC solutions, including both resale and internal HP deployments. The acquisition and agreement [...]

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Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony now Own Nortel’s remaining pattents

July 29, 2011 Nortel News

Nortel Networks Corporation [OTC: NRTLQ] announced that it,its subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited (NNL), and certain of its other subsidiaries, including Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks UK Limited (in administration), have completed the sale of all of Nortel’s remaining patents and patent applications to a consortium consisting of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion [...]

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Telarus Adds Fiber Ethernet Pricing to GeoQuote

July 29, 2011 misc

Telecom master agent Telarus Inc.,added Ethernet (Fiber) to its patented real-time carrier pricing research tool GeoQuote. The technology paves the way for independent agents partnered with Telarus to check for Ethernet broadband availability and pricing in seconds; a process that currently takes days and weeks.   “We are very enthusiastic about our new-found ability to [...]

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Level 3 and Global Crossing Meet With FCC to Discuss Proposed Merger

July 21, 2011 Global Crossing

Level 3 and Global Crossing met with staff from the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, the International Bureau, and the Office of the General Counsel to discuss their proposed merger.  They said the merger will unite two complementary companies and networks, increasing both worldwide reach and the depth of [...]

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AboveNet Connects to Prov.net Data Centers in Rhode Island

July 21, 2011 AboveNet News (NYSE:ABVT)

Provdotnet, LLC today announced that AboveNet has connected  to their  Prov.net’s data centers  located in Providence, RI.  AboveNet completed the installation of a diverse 432 strand fiber connection, adding to Prov.net’s already existing fiber connections.   As a result, Prov.net now has over 500 individual strands of fiber coming into their data center facilities.  Customers who [...]

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CenturyLink to Invest $20 Million for Broadband in New Mexico

July 18, 2011 CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) plans to invest at least $20 million to improve and expand broadband communications services in New Mexico now that it has merged with Qwest Communications. “This investment by CenturyLink to expand broadband services in New Mexico is an effective way for the company to introduce itself to the state,” New Mexico [...]

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