Protect your business from a cyber-attack
Cyber-criminals are attacking business IT infrastructure to steal and sell information, and for extortion using ransomware. Many...
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John Barker
- Feb 24
- 3 min
FTTx: The technology of fiber to homes and businesses
The Internet backbone is built with optical fiber for the benefits of long distance communications, high data capacity and low latency....
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John Barker
- Feb 8
- 10 min
Network edge security, the weakest link
What damage can hackers do to a business network? The network edge is the point of contact with external devices; this is the network...
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John Barker
- Jan 25
- 14 min
Ransomware survival guide; the facts.
Protect your business from an expensive ransomware attack. Unfortunately ransomware attacks have become a plague on businesses, as it is...
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John Barker
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Optical fiber installation for rural homesteads (FTTH)
The previous blog post about fiber to the home (FTTH) described the design of the fiber network for urban areas where homes are built...
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John Barker
- Dec 21, 2022
- 8 min
The technology of fiber to the home (FTTH) networks
Optical fiber has been in use for many years to build data communications networks. The Internet backbone and undersea cables use fiber....
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John Barker
- Dec 13, 2022
- 6 min
Block malicious attacks from user computer viruses using end-point network security
While cyber-attacks and ransomware are increasing exponentially, businesses are not taking the necessary steps to protect from the...
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John Barker
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Equipment failure monitoring is important
Business IT systems had to change during the pandemic lock down. Employees began working from home and accessed the business systems...
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John Barker
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Save money with a hospitality IT WiFi installation
Hospitality businesses have IT requirements that are different to other businesses. Hotels, motels and resorts require two WiFi networks,...
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John Barker
- Dec 10, 2022
- 4 min
How to get faster Internet
The pandemic created hybrid working and this is likely to continue indefinitely. Hybrid working created a big demand for working at home,...
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John Barker
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
How access control works for a WISP fixed broadband service
A WISP fixed broadband service provides a wireless Internet connection from the PtMP tower to the customer’s premises CPE antenna. The...
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John Barker
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
What is included in a WISP Business plan?
All entrepreneurs should prepare a business plan before starting to develop a new business. The plan will indicate if the business is...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Preparing a WISP business plan is important
Many people start a WISP business without a business plan and later find that lack of proper planning caused a failure of the business or...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
WISP business calculation for profit or loss and investment amortization
Before starting a WISP business the entrepreneur should prepare an estimate for profit or loss of the business. The estimate will be...
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John Barker
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for WISP’s
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an important business process that is implemented by WISPs and is part of the administrative...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Centralized vs. distributed WISP network design, pros and cons
Almost all WISP networks are built with the centralized model for the reason that a wholesale ISP provides a high capacity data...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Point to multi-point (PtMP) wireless installations in rural areas
In a rural area the WISP might find a tall structure such as a farmer's grain silo or a municipal water tower to install a point to...
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John Barker
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
WISP network installation planning
When planning the installation of new businesses WISP entrepreneurs generally follow a centralized network design, first building a...
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