Blog Category: Broadband

If you haven’t said “goodbye” to traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) systems for your business, you will be. Probably sooner than you think.

A Top 10 list of the most broadband-connected cities in the United States and their average price per month.

The advent of wireless data connectivity isn't limited to smart phones. It also boosts how nimbly businesses can perform.

Are your voice/data communications services getting muscled over by Bandwidth Hogs? Like a pack of loud motorcycle riders on Harleys, the Bandwidth Hogs crowd the entire highway on your network. And, worse yet, you often won't notice until the resulting clutter disrupts your business.

Simplify, streamline, and save with integrated communication and collaboration services.

Whoever said, 'What you don’t know can’t hurt you ...' obviously wasn’t referring to IT security.

Whether it’s Bullitt, The Fast and the Furious, or Gone in 60 Seconds, audiences have a need for speed. And that goes for getting access to breakneck Internet broadband.

This month, we reached an important milestone. As a result of our latest build out of Central Offices across the country, MegaPath is now the largest provider of on-net Ethernet-over-Copper (EoC) services in the United States.

It’s only a matter of time before Ethernet over Copper (EoC) surpasses T1 in demand. In fact, the revenue from Ethernet services has already surpassed that from legacy data services.

It happens every year on the Monday after Thanksgiving; following the brick-and-mortar retail blitz that is “Black Friday,” consumers flock to their computing devices to scour the Internet for online sales. In 2005, this day was dubbed “Cyber Monday.” In 2010, Cyber Monday accounted for the first-ever $1 billion shopping day.

Too many businesses are stuck in traffic these days. We’re not talking about traffic on the highway either. We’re referring to the routine logjams encountered with network operations: You may be reviewing an important Webinar and the screen image goes into a shaky ‘start/stop/start’ routine that’s nearly unwatchable.

When it's time to renew or add network-access circuits for your business, you may automatically think, "Okay, we'll get a T1." After all, T1s remain reliable and widely available. It’s like putting on an old, familiar sneaker before going out to play tennis: You know it’ll get the job done.

A true Business Ethernet service uses traditional copper wiring to deliver the bandwidth (up to 20 Mbps), service-level agreements (SLAs), and features that are needed for today's demanding applications--including video and voice.

Every organization depends on broadband connectivity. In 2010, every business is a connected business. These are givens. How you put the network to work in business—to better solve real issues and demands, to stretch the possibilities of providing reliable service, and to ensure your commitments can scale cost-effectively, are real challenges to network performance.

What's your broadband speed? There has been much said lately about measuring the speed of broadband connections, especially as relates to the FCC's National Broadband Plan.

This Sunday at 6:18 pm eastern, will you be tuned to the Colts and Saints game big-screen style? Tapped into an online stream? Both?

Our customers often ask us why they should purchase their voice services from their Internet service provider? Why not use a separate company for each? After all, wouldn’t this give them more flexibility, should they need to change companies? Also, isn’t telephone service the same wherever you go? The short answer is, “Because your calls will sound better.”

It the time of year when we start to see more and more lists. Santa is finalizing the naughty and nice list, people will be working on lists of top songs and movies of the year, and children are preparing lists of what presents they would like to receive this holiday season. If you run a business, I can think of one very important list you should take a look at, and that is the MegaPath Business Continuity Planning checklist.