“We are at a turning point,” said Daniel Berninger, senior analyst at Tier 1 Research, who said he expects to see more Internet bullies taking weaker peers’ lunch money by forcing them to pay transit fees. “The incentive for the big player to cut off the medium-size payers is pretty high,” he said.
VARs whose customers who can’t afford a backup Internet provider should become familiar with failover Internet features now appearing in firewall products from vendors such as SonicWall and Cisco, said Tom Snyder, COO of Xantrion, a consultant and MSP in Oakland, Calif.
Level 3 plans to cut off Cogent again on Nov. 9 if the two don’t reach a settlement.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
