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Signals from space: SD-WAN marks the next stage in commercialized space-based comms

CIO Business Intelligence

Indeed, from an individual perspective, one of the biggest demands we place on our mobile phones and computers is better connectivity and access to the internet, anytime and anyplace. As a WAN access technology though, satellite communication does experience its fair share of obstacles. SD-WAN, Telecommunications

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The Realities of Rural 5G Deployment in the US

Forrester IT

Early last week, Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced his approval of the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. This will result in a third mega-carrier in the US mobile wireless market, which is a good move for consumers like you and me. I am glad this deal will now […].

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Understanding Packet Loss

Spearline Testing

Our toolsets help businesses to manage and improve telecommunications service quality and improve customer experience. Spearline’s number testing will provide latency measurement of real audio across the whole path of the audio, including through the PSTN/mobile telephone network.

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What Is: Jitter

Spearline Testing

Today, telecommunications traffic largely passes over a packet-switching network and very often over the public internet. Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. What is jitter?

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Do your VoIP services have a case of the 'jitters'?

Spearline Testing

Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. Spearline's platform proactively tests inbound telecommunications services, as well as dial-out. Data packets contain the: Source and destination IP addresses and ports.

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What Is: Jitter

Spearline Testing

Nowadays, telecommunications traffic mostly passes over a packet-switching network and very often over the public internet. Jitter happens when the RTP packet stream traverses the network (LAN, WAN, or Internet) because it has to share network capacity with other data. What is Jitter? What are the different Jitter Types?

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO Business Intelligence

million customers – about 25% of Canada’s internet capacity – halting point-of-sale debit payments on the Interac network, preventing Rogers mobile phone users from accessing 9-1-1 services, disrupting transit services dependent on online payment, and even wreaking havoc on traffic signals in Toronto dependent on cellular GSM for timing changes.

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