SD-WAN: iTel’s Answer to Connectivity Issues

Businesses are increasingly adopting SD-WAN for its ability to simplify network management, improve application performance, reduce costs, and increase agility. SD-WAN – Software-Defined Wide Area Network – can be used to enhance your business infrastructure, whether you’re in an urban setting or a remote area, to get the resiliency and bandwidth prioritization you need. The […]

iTel Networks ranks in top half of Canadian Business Magazine’s Growth 500 list

KAMLOOPS BC, Sept 16, 2019 – iTel Networks Inc has come in at  #195 on Canadian Business & Macleans Magazine’s Growth 500 List – the definitive ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies – and #24 on the Fastest Growing IT companies list. Produced by Canada’s premier business and current affairs media brands, the Growth 500 has […]

What is Attenuation?

In a nutshell, attenuation is the loss of transmission signal strength measured in decibels (dB). As attenuation increases, the more distorted and unintelligible the transmission (e.g. a phone call or email you’re trying to send) becomes.

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.

What’s the Difference Between VPN & IP VPN?

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs) have a key difference. When choosing what option is best for your company, it’s integral you know what service you’re getting.

Support Your Business Internet Uptime with the Right Failover Method

Your business relies heavily on your internet connecting, supporting everything from cloud tools to email and VoIP phones. If your connection is interrupted, your business essentially stops cold. Preserving business internet uptime requires investing in a reliable continuity solution – with failover. Many businesses make the mistake of investing in failover that doesn’t offer much […]

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 […]