D-Link's 8-port gigabit switch (D-Link DGS-1008G 8-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch) is a great product. It's a breeze to install - just plug in power and your ethernet cables and you now have a gigabit-capable network that works with gigabit or slower devices with no need to configure anything. This worked great to give me faster access to files shared over the network and my NAS … [Read more...]
NPR Asks: Is There A Bandwidth Shortage?
I came into this story halfway through on my way to work yesterday morning and given the topic, my ears perked up and I had to find the rest of the segment I had missed. You can listen to the story or read the transcript on NPR.org Is There A Bandwidth Shortage?. Movie and video streaming are Internet gas guzzlers. They account for a huge growing amount of traffic on the … [Read more...]
Level (3) Communications Discusses The Top 10 Reasons Fiber Lines Are Cut
Mad at the infrastructure when your Internet is out? Level 3 Communications, a big Tier-1 ISP, gives their top 10 reasons why fiber gets cut and how it isn't always their fault. The list of reasons include digs, animals, mother nature, vehicles, fire, guns, and vandalism. You can find the full list on the Level (3) Communications blog with details and tales of previous … [Read more...]
Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet Can Fit More Than 24 Hours In A Day
From the TWC Wideband FAQ, Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet is so fast it can fit one minute of online gaming into .21 seconds. … [Read more...]
Steam Updates Its Code To Optimize Downloads
Steam, the immensely popular digital video game distributor, announces in a news release this afternoon that it has made some changes to its behind-the-scenes code, server and client side, to optimize downloads. The new content system is designed to do two things: deliver better download rates in more places around the world, and also to simply streamline the publishing process … [Read more...]