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Layer 2 vs. the Internet

You know that feeling when you’re late for a meeting and conveniently there’s a huge traffic jam on your regular route? Think of your “late for a meeting self” as data being transferred over the internet and the highway/side roads as the routers trying to deliver you to your destination.

Evaluating Business Internet Options

More enterprises are evaluating business internet options as networks become more and more complex.  As teams go remote, investing in cloud and unified communications (UCaaS) tools means that traditional networking models aren’t enough to support high performance any more. With cloud solutions and more mobile devices, network security strategies must change. As businesses demand better […]

The Case for Gigabit Internet for Business

If you’re asking whether gigabit internet is worth it for your business, you’re probably seeing the impacts of inadequate bandwidth firsthand. When your employees are waiting around for downloads to finish, you can quickly log a lot of lost productivity. As you grow and add more users to your network, it may be time to […]

Cut IT Costs With These Simple Tips

There’s a nagging question every business must face at some point: How can I cut IT costs? For our 2-part series, we’ve laid out 5 quick and simple ways your business can cut down IT costs and make balancing a budget easy.

The Difference between Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Connections

What do Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Mean for Connectivity? Symmetrical connections are exactly what they sound like; a connection with equal download and upload speeds. For example, with a 500/500 Mbps fibre internet connection you get 500 Mbps of download AND 500 Mbps of upload speeds. An asymmetrical connection, however, does NOT have equal download/upload speeds. […]