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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions based on reachability and routing information. BGP has been called the glue of the Internet and the postal service of the internet.

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‘Open for business’: Amazon shows off antennas for its Kuiper satellite network

GeekWire

Satellite 2023 via YouTube) After years of development, Amazon is showing off the antennas it plans to use for it s Project Kuiper satellite broadband network — and says it plans to begin offering beta service for large customers next year. The smallest antenna, still under development, is just a little bigger than an ebook reader.

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Can connectivity-as-a-service drive growth?

TM Forum

The telecommunications industry, however, delivered only a 4.8% Every one of these sectors is enabled by telecommunications, but the telecom industry itself managed paltry returns by comparison. Bain & Co. Shareholder return in the electronics sector was nearly 50%, likely because of the shift globally to working from home.

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Apple might not include a charger with the iPhone 12. Good

The Verge

The International Telecommunications Union estimates that “one million tons of external power supplies are manufactured each year.” For another, most wireless charging solutions are much too slow compared to what you can get with a good wired charger, so something faster needs to be developed. That angst can wait, though.

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The House’s three big ideas to take on tech power

The Verge

Bezos said he couldn’t “guarantee” that Amazon employees weren’t looking at data from independent sellers to help develop their own products. Before the 1996 Telecommunications Act, that wasn’t always an option! Republican FCC commissioners have used the incident to make shaky comparisons to network neutrality and cloud infrastructure.

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

He was there when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 significantly amended the original Communications Act of 1934, which intended to open up competition in the telecommunications industry even further. You’re connected to the internet through this image of you wearing the Jordans. We’re all more dependent on the internet now.

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