Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Level 3 cuts its rates for content delivery; AHA keeps tabs on WAN performance

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WAN News Alert, 10/10/07

Level 3 cuts its rates for content delivery, 10/04/07: In a bid to attract new customers for its content-delivery network services, Level 3 announced today that it will be offering CDN services at the same rate that it charges for its high-speed Internet service.

American Heart Association keeps tabs on WAN performance, 10/08/07: In addition to focusing on application performance across its internal network, the American Heart Association is leveraging its network management tools to keep its WAN vendors on their toes.

AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum, 10/09/07: AT&T has agreed to buy 12MHz of high-speed wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners for $2.5 billion, the company announced Tuesday.

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How American Heart Association manages its Cisco network, 10/08/07: The motto of the American Heart Association is simple: Learn and live. In other words, the more we know about heart disease, the more likely we can work to prevent the more than 1 million heart attacks in the country each year.

Akamai unveils IP application accelerator, 10/09/07: Akamai announced today that it is expanding its Web application acceleration services to include any IP-based application, including VoIP.

Orange aims to improve GSM coverage for businesses, 10/05/07: Mobile phone operator Orange plans to offer a business version next year of the mobile-over-DSL technology it already offers consumers.

Satellite broadband signals cheaper data, 10/05/07: Users of the satellite Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service are being offered cheaper access to the broadband service from any point on the globe.

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