| AT&T earmarks $11 billion for wireless, wireline broadband in '09 AT&T will spend more than $11 billion to expand and improve its 3G wireless and wireline broadband networks in 2009. The centerpiece of the company's investment will be the continued expansion of its GSM-based 3G network, which AT&T plans to expand to 20 new markets in 2009 while adding more than 2,100 cell sites across the United States. Out-of-order packets trash voice and video If you plan to combine multiple T1s or E1s to construct a higher bandwidth logical link, you should know that combining links can lead to out-of-order packets that can hurt voice and video stream quality. There are several ways to fix this problem, and the right solution depends on your situation. Eliminating the mean time to innocence One of the most prevalent pieces of conventional wisdom that impacts virtually all IT organizations is that the cause of application degradation invariably is the wide area network. This piece of conventional wisdom leads to a new management metric – the mean time to innocence (MTTI). The MTTI is how long it takes for the networking organization to prove it is not the network causing the degradation. Akamai CEO sees opportunity in economic downturn With many companies cutting headcount and costs to weather the economic downturn, Akamai Technologies President and CEO Paul Sagan wants his sales team to spend more time with customers, part of a bid to make sure that its content delivery and edge-hosting services don't end up on the list of expenses they consider cutting. At the same time, he said the recession will push some companies, particularly those in the retail space, to accelerate their shift to the Internet. Global Crossing teams with Limelight, EdgeCast for CDN services Global Crossing has signed a deal with content delivery network providers Limelight and EdgeCast that will give Global Crossing customers access to CDN services. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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