The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 2

Previously: The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 1 You should know the basic details of the Internet connection at your home or business. Find out the speed of your existing service. If you have a DSL line – typically from AT&T or Sonic, occasionally from...

The Increasing Need For Bandwidth, Part 1

Many small businesses and homes will feel the need to increase the speed of their Internet connection in 2011. In the late 1990s, we began the serious movement away from our dialup modems and started signing up for DSL service as it became available in selected areas....

IPv6 And Really Large Numbers

Previously: First Rumbling Of The Coming IPv6 Transition In the early 90s, a bunch of smart people in a position of authority got together and put together a replacement for IPv4 named IPv6, after many committee meetings and a few false starts. Since the immediate...

First Rumbling Of The Coming IPv6 Transition

You’re looking at a graph that will get an inordinate amount of attention in the global technical community and cause tremendous disruption for the next few years. Let me give you a very broad overview of an issue that you hope will be solved long before you ever have...

Ze Frank And Connections Over The Internet

Ze Frank has been doing interesting online experiments for almost ten years. He delivered a talk about some of his projects to a TED conference a few months ago; if you can find 20 minutes to watch it, you might come out feeling a little better about community and...