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What is a default gateway?
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Network & Internet

What is a default gateway?

A look at default gateways, the node that enables machines on different networks to communicate
10 Mar 2023
Gov's broadband plans do little to address 'rural brain drain', expert warns
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Network & Internet

Gov's broadband plans do little to address 'rural brain drain', expert warns

Businesses are still unable to compete with urban counterparts, forcing job seekers into the cities and suppressing innovation
6 Mar 2023
Performing software maintenance at the end of the Earth
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Network & Internet

Performing software maintenance at the end of the Earth

How do you transmit high-resolution images of exoplanets when your internet connection is only 80kBits/sec?
27 Feb 2023
Podcast transcript: The crisis in rural connectivity
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Network & Internet

Podcast transcript: The crisis in rural connectivity

Read the full transcript for this episode of the IT Pro Podcast
24 Feb 2023
The IT Pro Podcast: The crisis in rural connectivity
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Network & Internet

The IT Pro Podcast: The crisis in rural connectivity

Rural businesses are still being left behind and face shutdowns of 3G and copper without anything to fall back on
24 Feb 2023
What is bandwidth?
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broadband

What is bandwidth?

We examine why your internet connection sometimes slows to a crawl and exactly what is bandwidth
21 Feb 2023
BT and OneWeb succeed in "game changer" satellite connection trial
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Network & Internet

BT and OneWeb succeed in "game changer" satellite connection trial

Smaller businesses in rural areas could benefit from improvements to backhaul services using satellites, with speeds increasing by an order of magnitu…
10 Feb 2023
What's powering Britain’s fibre broadband boom?
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Network & Internet

What's powering Britain’s fibre broadband boom?

Expansion in full-fibre infrastructure and many new providers are making it stupidly cheap to get ultrafast internet connections in all corners of the…
3 Feb 2023
UK government to run Starlink trials in Snowdonia, Lake Distict
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Network & Internet

UK government to run Starlink trials in Snowdonia, Lake Distict

The government has indicated low-Earth orbit satellites could be key to expanding connectivity to UK businesses
1 Dec 2022
Zen Internet announces duo of new leadership appointments
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Business strategy

Zen Internet announces duo of new leadership appointments

Rochdale-based ISP names new director of strategy and head of marketing as it looks to future growth
24 Nov 2022
Vodafone and Altice launch €7 billion joint venture in Germany
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Network & Internet

Vodafone and Altice launch €7 billion joint venture in Germany

The British telco currently offers connections to over 24 million homes in Germany, its biggest market
17 Oct 2022
The IT Pro Podcast: The road to 10Gb broadband
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Network & Internet

The IT Pro Podcast: The road to 10Gb broadband

Broadband infrastructure lacks maturity, but the future is bright for multi-gig speeds
14 Oct 2022
Podcast transcript: The road to 10Gb broadband
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Network & Internet

Podcast transcript: The road to 10Gb broadband

Read the full transcript for this episode of the IT Pro Podcast
14 Oct 2022
Satellite broadband could turbocharge rural business connectivity
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Network & Internet

Satellite broadband could turbocharge rural business connectivity

The burgeoning industry is pledging to succeed where fibre has failed, in a much-needed push to connect chronically underserved businesses
14 Oct 2022
UK fibre rollout lags considerably behind developed nations, needs 'more ambition' to compete globally
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Network & Internet

UK fibre rollout lags considerably behind developed nations, needs 'more ambition' to compete globally

52 countries outranked the UK for fibre development, according to a report, including Singapore, Japan, South Korea, and the United States
4 Oct 2022
Prodapt aims to improve regional fibre choice with OpenFibreXchange launch
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Network & Internet

Prodapt aims to improve regional fibre choice with OpenFibreXchange launch

The firm hopes that its fibre aggregation solution can improve choice for customers and enable greater UK-wide connectivity
3 Oct 2022
Satellite internet support heading to Android 14
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Network & Internet

Satellite internet support heading to Android 14

The teased news would represent a major milestone for connectivity, and open up a new range of network benefits
2 Sep 2022
AT&T extends fiber internet service to Arizona
Fiber
Network & Internet

AT&T extends fiber internet service to Arizona

The announcement follows Corning Inc’s recent investment in a new optical cable manufacturing facility in Mesa
31 Aug 2022
SpaceX and T-Mobile partner to create a satellite-based mobile network
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Network & Internet

SpaceX and T-Mobile partner to create a satellite-based mobile network

Musk claims users' existing phones will work with the Starlink service
26 Aug 2022
DARPA recruits SpaceX, Intel and Amazon for major satellite network project
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Network & Internet

DARPA recruits SpaceX, Intel and Amazon for major satellite network project

11 firms in total will compete to design a satellite translation system, to allow seamless military use of existing networks
11 Aug 2022
7 million homes to be connected to fibre in new joint venture network
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Network & Internet

7 million homes to be connected to fibre in new joint venture network

Liberty Global, Telefónica Infra, and InfraVia will build and operate the network, which aims for a 2026 finish date
29 Jul 2022
FCC to consider huge update to minimum broadband speed
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Infrastructure

FCC to consider huge update to minimum broadband speed

A new required speed of 100 Mbits/sec down would give consumers and small businesses a boost, but could raise prices
18 Jul 2022
SpaceX given FCC nod to provide Starlink Wi-Fi to moving vehicles
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Network & Internet

SpaceX given FCC nod to provide Starlink Wi-Fi to moving vehicles

The approval allows the satellite network to cater to planes, ships and trucks in next step of expansion
1 Jul 2022