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How to Analyze an Internet Service Provider – A Worked Example

Peering and Transit Providers The site bgp.he.net, offered by Hurricane Electric, has information such as peers, internet exchanges and routing propagation listed for every ISP. We will be using the site to demonstrate how you can analyze the peering of any ISP around the world. For the purposes of this article, we will be analyzing […]

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5 Ideas to Upskill in Quarantine

Don’t let quarantine slow your personal and professional growth! Covid may have put a lot of life on the backburner, but the need to build your skillset and earning potential has never been more prominent. With the economic impact of the global pandemic still building and increased uncertainty for workers around the world, can you […]

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GetaFIX – Internet Exchange in the Philippines

Internet exchanges are an integral part of the structure of the internet, allowing internet service providers to directly connect to other networks. These exchanges have been proven to significantly increase the quality of internet connections, as well as allowing ISPs to save on the costs of transit, as an internet exchange simplifies the transfer of […]

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Building an ISP’s connectivity – Points of Presence, Upstream Internet Providers & Internet Exchanges

How does your internet traffic flow across networks from an office tin Manila to an office in Sydney? Transit or upstream providers are fundamental for ISPs to transmit data all over the world.

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4 ways to reinvigorate your home office

Is your home office starting to look a little tired? e. After nearly half a year working from home, a home office makeover could be just what you need to reinvigorate your home and re-establish your work-life balance.

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Our Data is Under the Sea – Everything You Need to Know About Undersea Cables for Internet in the Philippines

When it comes to the internet, digital information and the speed at which we access it, many people are still unaware that the world is heavily reliant on the enormous interconnected system of fiber-optic undersea cables. These submarine cables remain the least expensive, fastest and most efficient way to transmit information, and are still the […]

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The Best Office Chairs for Working from Home

At the start of the lockdown, many of us were thrown into working from home with very little time to prepare. We didn’t have time to create the perfect home office, and we had to make do with what we already had in the house. Kitchen tables became workstations, wifi setups were shuffled into the […]

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Core Network Connectivity; Undersea Cables; Diversity and Capacity

Did you know that 99% of international data is carried by undersea cables? Known as the backbone of the internet, these fiber optic cables help to connect the Philippines to the rest of the world.

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Working towards the light at the end of the tunnel

What will life in the Philippines be like after the enhanced, general or any modified community quarantine is over? Are you ready and waiting to return to the office? Or have you settled into the remote work routine, and planning to keep your home office going? While a full vaccine is still a fair way […]

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How to help your coworkers in the time of social distancing

After two months of isolation many of us are starting to struggle: family tensions are high, moods are low, and productivity is slipping. Have you reached out to your network yet?