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Backup Internet for Business: How to pitch it to management.

Get it approved! You know your company needs it… you don’t need convincing but management does. Pitch management on backup Internet for your company, in a way they’ll agree with you. Have questions? Email or call Mike at 877-465-3505. Need to

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Cloud Therapy: EP 022 – The Basics of Fixed Wireless for Business

Did you know that Fixed Wireless has a great argument for being MORE reliable and secure than fiber? California Internet founder and CTO (and fixed wireless technical genius), Ryan Hauf joins Mike for a fascinating discussion on Fixed Wireless Internet

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Cloud Therapy: EP 021 – Diversify Your Business Internet Paths

When you ordered that back-up fiber Internet line for your company, did you ask your building management company for a map of how the cables are entering the building? Did you ask the ISP for a map of the collapse

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Cloud Therapy: EP 020 – DR for Converged Internet & Voice Services

Putting your company’s Internet service and phone service (and sometimes your MPLS service), on the same integrated (a.k.a “converged”), circuit can save a lot of money and allow you to get a faster Internet connection (by utilizing your unused voice

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Cloud Therapy: EP 019 – Business Internet Security and Continuity

Jose DeHoyos, Sr. Sales Engineer at XO Communications, has seen a lot of real-life scenarios of the good things that can happen with a fantastic business Internet connection. But he’s also seen the bad. Jose joins Mike to give some

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Cloud Therapy: EP 018 – Exploring 4G Business Internet

We know our mobile phones are getting fantastic Internet these days, so can we use 4G for business Internet? Broad Sky Networks‘ Maureen Donovan joins us to discuss 4G Wireless for business. She and Mike talk about everything from bandwidth

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Cloud Therapy: Episode 001 – What is SD-WAN? [Podcast]

What is SD-WAN and what are the benefits? How does it compare to MPLS and other business WAN services? We bring an extremely experienced, long-time provider engineer, David Kline from TPx (formerly TelePacific) Communications, to answer all of these questions for

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MPLS vs. SD-WAN

So you are contemplating replacing your MPLS network with an SD-WAN network. But you’re wondering, “What’s the difference?” Well, as I explained in a previous blog, SD-WAN can bring a ton of benefits, like increased network speed, more link uptime,

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Six Benefits of SD-WAN

You’re an IT manager for a company with multiple locations. Your MPLS WAN contract is coming up and you’re thinking… “Do we still need MPLS? Should we just go big bandwidth at all sites and run an IP-Sec VPN? Should

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Cable, Cable, Cable. Need I’d Say Anymore?

For many Americans, access to computers and high-speed Internet connections has never been more important. We use computers and the Internet to complete schoolwork, locate jobs, watch movies, access healthcare information, and find relationships, to name, but a few of the

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