| Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. Is it worth small businesses moving from residential to business DSL?, Part 1 In the Jan. 19 issue of this newsletter, we addressed the issue of fair telecoms and broadband pricing, and on Feb. 7, we shared some input from BellSouth's perspective. Is it worth small businesses moving from residential to business DSL?, Part 2 Recently, we discussed Steve's rather surprising move from residential to business DSL. And while we're sticking by our proverbial guns that forcing this move could be considered questionable, it turns out that for Steve it was not a bad move. The case for flat-rate services As we look at today's economic landscape, only one thing seems scarier than controlling expenses, and that is having unpredictable expenses. For that reason, we expect lots of services that have traditionally been usage based to be even more attractive if offered as a flat-rate service. Trends coming together make a plan for small businesses George Peppard said as his character Hannibal Smith on The A-Team, "I love it when a plan comes together." Several trends, if not a plan, are coming together in interesting ways in technology for small businesses. Mix equal parts of online applications, netbooks, and constant wireless networking together, and you get new ways to do more work in more places for less money. Covad boosts wholesale network with MPLS Covad Communications is adding MPLS to its wholesale network to help operator customers deliver the QoS required for applications such as voice and video over IP. OSPF Puzzle VI: Interpreting show IP OSPF Cisco Subnet blogger Wendell Odom reveals the answer to his OSPF puzzle and promises that it had a 'somewhat' simple solution. Could you figure it out? Creating custom ring tones for Communications Manager Express (CME) What's a phone system if it can't support fancy ring tones? Even .wav sounds can be converted to become CME ring tones. Class-based traffic shaping Shaping is a much more liberal mechanism when compared to policing. Blogger Dennis Hartman explains how it can be used to improve performance of a metro Ethernet link. Is my network healthy? Important CLI info – (memory issues) Cisco Subnet blogger explores how you can monitor memory usage and unlock its hidden meaning. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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