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    Carl Weinschenk

    Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk Carl Weinschenk is a long-time IT and telecom journalist. His coverage areas include the IoT, artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, drones, 3D printing LTE and 5G, SDN, NFV, net neutrality, municipal broadband, unified communications and business continuity/disaster recovery. Weinschenk has written about wireless and phone companies, cable operators and their vendor ecosystems. He also has written about alternative energy and runs a website, The Daily Music Break, as a hobby.

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    Google Fiber: Changing or Winding Down?

    Google Fiber exploded on the scene in 2011. The giant was going to push the existing cable/telco duopoly to...

    Puerto Rican Cell Infrastructure Devastated by Hurricane Maria

    Smartphones are the main means of telecommunications in Puerto Rico, and the network, like everything else on the island,...

    SD-WANs Advancing, but Still an Immature Industry Segment

    Perhaps the hottest area in networking is software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs). These network overlays extend the advantages of...

    Gfast: Fast & Impressive

    The Broadband Forum has said that the number of certified Gfast products has increased from seven to 24 in...

    First Responder Networks Must Interoperate

    There has been a lot of news lately about first responder networks. Most of it has been made by...

    Across the Sea: New Transoceanic Cables Linking the Globe...

    Many moments can be identified as important ones in the evolution of telecommunications. The invention of the first telephone,...

    Charter Agrees to $13M Fine Related to Time Warner...

    The New York State Public Service Commission has settled with Charter Communications for the cable company’s failure to build...

    3D Printing a Big Deal Now and in the...

    IT personnel must pay very close attention to 3D printing for two main reasons: It will change how the...

    Think Strategically About Security at the Technical and Corporate...

    As if anyone needs to be told this at this point, security is a daunting task. Even before such...

    China Telecom, Comcast and Optus Make SD-WAN Moves

    Software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) are an increasingly popular category of services built upon the software-defined network (SDN) concept....

    Department of Homeland Security Goes After Kaspersky Security Software

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has released a Binding Operational Directive (BOD) mandating all departments and agencies spend...

    Small Cells at MWC: Obstacles and Progress

    The flavor of 5G for which the major players, with the notable exception of T-Mobile, are planning involves very...