How Broadband Increases Property Values
Anyone in the telco industry knows the value of a high-speed broadband connection, but that knowledge is going mainstream. According to a recent study, the North American home seeker not only understands the value of high-speed Internet, they are willing …
What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?
Big data has become more popular among companies over the last few years, mostly due to the vast amount of data available from the IoT or Internet of Things, which offers valuable insights into the minds of their customers. Because …
An Installer’s Guide to Outside Plant Enclosures
Reports on the continued growth of broadband across North America are daily. According to Pyramid Research, the telecommunication market in Canada generated US$42.4bn in revenue in 2015, and will continue to grow through 2020. Industry operators will focus on “increasing …
CRTC Broadband Availability Map Shows Digital Divide in Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) unveiled a new map that shows the availability of broadband Internet access service at or above the target speeds of 5 megabits per second download and 1 megabits per second upload within hexagon …
What is the Internet of Things?
Many people are talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) as if it were the greatest thing to ever happen to the planet, but what is it exactly? The term was first used in 1999 by Kevin Ashton, a director …
Fiber-to-the-Home Installations, Made Easy
Fiber to the home continues to grow in popularity, which means more and more Brownfield installations of fiber optic cable are being undertaken. If you’ve ever had to perform one of these installations, you already know some of the pain …
Telco Trends in 2016
High Speed Networks in 2016 Last year saw significant increases in smart homes and devices as the Internet of Things continued to grow. Along with video streaming, this has caused greater demand for high speed broadband and networking. We look …
How Secure is Your Internet?
For millions of commercial and residential customers, their connection to the Internet is an essential service. So it would probably come as quite a shock to discover just how vulnerable their connection is. For most businesses, a loss of service …
Tips for Fiber Installers
As the rate of fiber to the home (FTTH) deployment accelerates broadband installers will need to become familiar with some new requirements. Here are some tips to get you started. Quality To begin with, make sure to use high-quality fiber …
How Point-to-Point and Passive Optical Fiber Networks are Different
Every broadband installer should know about the different types of fiber networks. The two main ones are: point-to-point and passive optical network (PON). Think of how a phone call works and you’ll get the gist of a point-to-point network. There’s …