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Tackling Dead Zones With Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi dead zones. They’re every ISP’s worst nightmare. They’re also becoming more and more of a customer retention problem in the age of the smart home and high-speed internet. With so many connected devices performing critical tasks in the home, …
Cat5, Cat6, and Cat6a: Is it Finally Time to Start Future-Proofing?
For most of the past few decades, new Ethernet installations have been dominated by Cat5, Cat5e, and Cat6 cabling. Cat5 saw its stock rise in the mid-to -late 90s, Cat5e had its heyday in the 2000s, and Cat6 has been …
Primex Exhibiting at ITA Showcase
Primex is proud to be exhibiting at the ITA Showcase in Portland, Oregon, March 6-7. ITA Showcase Northwest is an annual trade show put on by vendors to the telecommunications industry in Washington and Oregon. It is sponsored by the …
Remote Workers and VoIP are Changing the Smart Home Landscape
Employees working remotely is on the rise at a rapid pace, and it’s having a profound impact on what smart home builders and integrators are planning for both current and future needs in the home. Since 2005, the regular work-from-home …
CES 2019 Highlights
With CES 2019 wrapped for another year, it’s a good time to take a step back and look at the big smart home highlights. Sure, there were plenty of wacky gadgets and gizmos (like a dishwasher-sized pet dryer that claims …
Smart home trends to watch in 2019
For those wanting to live like the Jetsons or Tony Stark, 2019 might just be their year. As we look ahead to the smart home trends that are expected to dominate the industry, one trend rules them all: The smart …
IBS 2019 International Builders’ Show – Las Vegas, February 16-21, 2019
Join us at Booth SU550 at the International Builders’ Show in February! Produced by the National Association of Home Builders, #IBS2019 is the largest annual light construction show in the world, bringing together more than 1,500 top manufacturers and suppliers …
Top 5 Smart Home Blog Posts from The Switch
As we look forward to an exciting 2019 in the telco and smart home industry, here’s a list of our most-read blog posts on The Switch. Why 5G won’t replace fiber or cable broadband If you’ve been reading the headlines …
802.11ax: What You Need to Know About the Next Generation of Wi-Fi
If you’re a broadband installer or technician who’s ever had to troubleshoot interference or bandwidth problems with your customer’s WLAN, you know this reality all too well: It’s an ultra-crowded wireless world out there, and only the strongest network signals …
Twisted light and the blazing fast future of fiber optic — is your network ready?
Compared with conventional internet networks, fiber is fast. Blazing fast. But a group of Australian researchers are convinced it’s about to get a whole lot faster. More than 100 times faster, in fact. “We can potentially achieve ultra-wide bandwidth,” explains …