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Plan B Locates Lost Android Phones

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:29:00 -0400

Android: If you ever lose your phone and don’t have a contingency plan in place, you can remotely install Plan B on your phone and locate it instantly.

FCC: ISPs Deliver 80% of Advertised Speeds

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:27:19 -0400

FCC: ISPs Deliver 80% of Advertised Speeds:

As part of an FCC effort to improve their broadband data collection, the company last year hired UK firm SamKnows to provide a better glimpse at the real speeds consumers were seeing. SamKnows gave 9,000 volunteers home routers with custom firmware designed to monitor daily connection performance, and the FCC today released their first report based on that data. The report examines the performance of thirteen major U.S. ISPs, and by and large shows that most ISPs deliver at least 80% of the speeds advertised. However, some ISPs perform better than others in this regard, and several ISPs aren’t delivering the speeds consumers are paying plenty for — particularly at peak hours.

Our favorite setting in Google Apps Calendar

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:42:11 -0400

“Speedy meetings: Encourage meeting efficiency and get to your next meeting on time. 30 minute meetings end 5 minutes early, 1 hour meetings end 10 minutes early, etc.” We hold meetings like this and haven’t had a staff meeting go over 30 minutes in over 3 years.

Bandwidth caps are rate hikes

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:43:21 -0400

Bandwidth caps are rate hikes:

It should come as no surprise that many ISPs are trying to boost profits while curtailing capital expenditures. The question is whether or not we let them get away with it.

AT&T Admits Its DSL is Obsolete

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:30:09 -0400

Speaking at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners summer meeting in Los Angeles, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson apparently was quite unusually transparent:

“We built DSL back in 1997 to chase David’s company and now that’s obsolete,” Stephenson stated (and confirmed by attendees), referring to Comcast and Comcast EVP David Cohen.

Yes, Stephenson is admitting that their ONLY reasonably priced and widely available broadband product is obsolete. Guess maybe they should have thought about that before they decided to forego investment in fiber to the home in order to placate shortsighted, short term profit oriented investors.

So now they’ve built out part of U-Verse… which can’t compete with cable, have no backup product waiting in the wings, and will likely have to switch to fiber-to-the-home at some point - which will mean they will have spent money on new deployments twice and spent twice as much as Verizon in the process.

via DSLReports

"Technology, when done ambitiously, is a form of art and as with painting, it’s always interesting to..."

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:59:57 -0400

““Technology, when done ambitiously, is a form of art and as with painting, it’s always interesting to see how three different artists have approached the same subject.””

- ~Andy Ihnatko

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It’s been a busy year! Together with our partners at...

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:37:42 -0400

It’s been a busy year! Together with our partners at Telarus, in the communications world we might have been a plucky startup a few years ago. Now we’re a force for growth, innovation and positive change in the industry. Whether you’re looking for a simple Comcast cable modem connection or you need a complex multi-site gigabit ethernet based MPLS network, we’ve got you covered.

Comcast Business Class

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0400

Anyion now offers Comcast Business Class, including industry leading speeds of up to 100mbps x 10mbps, as a Comcast Business Class Solutions Provider. If your business has outgrown its T1 connection or is looking for a redundant backup connection, give us a call - 888.407.5030 - or submit a quote request online.

In addition to Comcast, we also office Time Warner Cable and a myriad of other competitive ethernet providers. Whether you have 1 location or 10,000, we can craft a solution that can reach them all.

60% Of Broadband Users Slower Than 4 Mbps - FCC

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:18:00 -0400

Our FCC’s latest reports on fixed broadband and phone competition include a few interesting disclosures, current as of June 2010, particularly the fact that the majority of U.S. internet users don’t see more than 4 Mbps downstream. Other notable FCC findings:

60% of connections were slower than the new 4 Mbps definition now used by the FCC.
Growth of fixed broadband service slowed to 1% during the first half of 2010 to 82 million connections.
Conventional POTS lines decreased by 8% between June 2009 and June 2010.
The number of voice over broadband users rose by 21% in that same time period.
The number of subscriptions to wireless phone service grew by 5% in the year.
28% of all residential wireline connections were interconnected VoIP as of June 2010.
77% of interconnected VOIP users get service from their cable company.

AT&T Buying T-Mobile

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:57:03 -0400

Well now! AT&T certainly turned over the Sprint/T-Mobile apple cart speculators didn’t they? AT&T just announced they have struck a deal with Deutsche Telekom to acquire T-Mobile, America’s fourth largest wireless provider. The $39 billion deal gives Deutsche Telekom an 8% stake in AT&T, and a spot on AT&T’s Board of Directors. AT&T expects the transaction to close within 12 months.

AT&T Soon to Cap DSL Bandwidth

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:19:20 -0400

Soon and very soon, the accounting nerds at SBC, the real entity known as AT&T, are ending the bandwidth gravy train. In the industry, we all knew they’d get around the trying again after the glorious fail of their metered billing trials in Texas. We just didn’t knew when. Well, that when is now May 2nd. Broadband Reports broke the scoop over the weekend.

As of May 2nd, all DSL customers will have a 150GB cap. All U-Verse customers will have a 250GB cap. Go over that 3 times anytime in the *life* of the customer account and you get whacked an extra $10 for every 50GB over, every time you go over. So if you are 51GB over, that is an extra $20 tacked onto the bottom of your bill.

Business users of DSL are strongly encouraged to take note and plan accordingly. If you need alternate bandwidth providers, call us - 888.407.5030, get a quote for Ethernet service online or investigate T1s, bonded T1s, etc.

For users of online backup services and WAN based file replication, this is particularly important to consider as a single PC easily can burn through the entire bandwidth allocation.

Telecommuting booms as employees stuck at home on snow days

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:26:00 -0500

Unsurprisingly, carriers are reporting that in the recent snow-in events across the midwest and eastern seaboard, residential internet use jumped 15-20% over comparable days as stuck-at-home users became work-at-home users.

Does your business have enough bandwidth to support all your users working from home during a snow storm, natural disaster or other tragic event?

We can help you figure out how much bandwidth you need and find the most cost effective way to deliver it. Request a bandwidth quote and one of our solutions engineers will be in touch in a couple minutes.

AT&T Changes SMS Pricing

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:08:00 -0500

Now that Verizon’s iPhone is ready to arrive on February 10, AT&T is making a few changes. Today it’s SMS pricing. A leaked document obtained by GearLive, indicates AT&T will be eliminating the $5 for 200 messages and $15 for 1500 messages plans. Replacing those plans will be a new single $10 plan for 1000 messages, with overage messages costing $.10 each. Their $20 for unlimited messaging option will remain as-is for now.

What If Your ISP Charged Extra For YouTube?

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:17:32 -0500

What If Your ISP Charged Extra For YouTube?:

Deep packet inspection vendors and the profit lust of incumbent monopoly/duopoly carriers highlight the potential for a very fractured internet in the future.

Frontier Now Charging Heavy Users $100/mo for 3mbps DSL

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:13:25 -0500

Frontier Now Charging Heavy Users $100/mo for 3mbps DSL:

In 2010 Frontier began a bizarre trial in Minnesota that involved making users pay between $100 and $200 for 3 Mbps DSL if they consumed more than 100GB a month. Now Frontier is pushing that pricing into suburban Sacramento, CA. Guess they don’t see enough competition there to treat that market with respect.

Anyion is known for its professional irreverence. One of the...

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:39:00 -0500

No Bull, We Promise!

Sweating Your Next IT Audit?

Your Business Could Be as Nekkid..

A Sudden Crack and Things Get Ugly

Your Business Can't Survive Time Out

Anyion is known for its professional irreverence. One of the ways we show it is in our business cards. Each year, about this time, customers receive a new business card along with our corporate Christmas card. Many of our customers tell us they have collected and kept our business cards because they’re so funny. So by request, here are a few of our most memorable business card backs from the past few years.

iPhone Now Less of a Signal Pig

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:56:01 -0500

iPhone Now Less of a Signal Pig:

Apple appears to finally be listening to other manufacturers and their carrier partners and is learning how REAL signals engineering is done. In their original iPhone implementations, Apple’s engineers appear to have made that assumption that the network will conform to the needs of the phone in order for them to get a decent level of battery life out of the phone. What they’ve learned over the past few years is that the phone has to be nice to the network and can’t be totally dependent on the network in order to make its battery last.

Thinking about Hosted PBX

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:26:01 -0500

At the beginning of November, Daniel Pentecost of Anyion Group participated in the first of what will be many vendor “shoot-outs” to compare and evaluate Hosted PBX vendors available in today’s market.

The judging results and presentations are now available on the Telecom Association website - http://byob.businessphonebuyersguide.com/

Holidays Ahead

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:24:50 -0500

As we move into the holidays ahead, remember that’s it’s ok to make new traditions. Acknowledge the old and at the same time, forge new traditions for yourself, family and friends. May the joy of life and the season be with you and your family. ~Anyion