Why do Internet speeds vary by city?

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	Internet speeds vary by city -- why? The US city you live in strongly predicts your Internet connection speed. We have been poring over Ookla speed test data to understand city-by-city differences in consumer Internet access performance. Why, for example, are average access speeds for San Jose residents three times faster than those in Kansas City? Our preliminary analysis indicates socio-economic factors are at work. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Extreme Networks From Physical to Virtual to the Cloud The migration from a dedicated infrastructure to a shared and outsourced cloud infrastructure is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. With Extreme Networks "Four Pillars" strategy, Enterprises and Hosting Centers of any scale can approach change in a logical and affordable, stepwise fashion. Read More In this Issue Is your network ready for HD videoconferencing? Portable hotspots are the future of mobile broadband Join Network World's group on LinkedIn FCC strikes down free broadband plan Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading Brocade set to take Cisco, Juniper on in 100G Mobile data traffic set to soar Page-load survey informs net neutrality debate Intel ups speed with two new desktop processors WHITE PAPER: Alcatel - Lucent Maximize Bandwidth and Deliver Superior Performance 100G is a leap forward in scaling metro, edge and core networks without performance degradation or the cost and complexity of unnecessary network re-engineering. Alcatel-Lucent is the only supplier to offer deployable 100G solutions in both the IP and optics domains. Read Now. Is your network ready for HD videoconferencing? Over the years, the use of videoconferencing has been touted as the "next big thing," and, indeed, we are now seeing great advances. In particular, the emergence of telepresence stands ready to finally have a major impact on the way we do business. Read More Portable hotspots are the future of mobile broadband Clearwire and Virgin Mobile have both recently unveiled new portable Wi-Fi hotspots and contract-free unlimited mobile broadband data plans. The Clearwire Puck and the Virgin Mobile MiFi offer clear advantages over data plans offered by wireless carriers and will make bundled data plans obsolete unless wireless carriers get more competitive. Read More Join Network World's group on LinkedIn Why join Network World's LinkedIn group? You can have interesting discussions with your peers, managed by Network World editors. You can make new contacts in your industry. It looks good on your profile. And of course, it's free. Join today. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center FCC strikes down free broadband plan The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has closed the door on a controversial proposal for a way to use a chunk of wireless spectrum, but continues to consider how best to deploy the valuable spectrum. Read More Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances you'll find. Read More Brocade set to take Cisco, Juniper on in 100G Brocade is ready to give Cisco and Juniper a run for the money in 100G Ethernet. The company later this month will unveil 100G Ethernet routers and modules that it claims will be "industry altering" and its "most significant networking platform development" since acquiring Foundry Networks in 2008. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimeter Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Sign up now! Mobile data traffic set to soar Ericsson exec expects there will be 30 times more data than voice on the network by 2015, and predicts volume-based billing will be needed. Read More Page-load survey informs net neutrality debate About a third of Internet users will abandon slow-loading websites within five seconds, and users of mobile devices expect website performance to be as good as it is on wired computers, according to a new survey that may have implications for the network neutrality debate in the U.S. Read More Intel ups speed with two new desktop processors Intel has added speed to its low-end processors, introducing new low-end Pentium and Core i3 processors running at the fastest clock speeds the company has put on its consumer microprocessors. Read More
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