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The 2020 WAN Takes Shape: SDN, Virtualization & Hybrid WANs

Network World.   It’s not clear how fast MPLS will go the way of Frame Relay and ATM, but changing apps and bandwidth needs will force enterprises to embrace a new set of technologies. The gold standard for corporate networks today is MPLS, but carrier pricing issues and MPLS’s failure to […]

LB3 and TC2’s 2014 Year In Review

A look back at the telecom stories that will impact the enterprise in 2015 –  We are pleased to provide you with our 2014 Year in Review. This selection of interesting and thoughtful articles written by LB3 lawyers and TC2 consultants in 2014 addresses developments in 2014 that will continue […]

It’s a fragmented UCaaS world, so buyers beware

Fierce Enterprise Communications. Marc Lindsey weighs in on best practices for accounting for reliability in UCaaS procurements. Reliability is a factor too often overlooked by unified communications as service providers and buyers. Some providers may be lacking in redundancy, while others have the ability to failover to multiple data centers. […]

What the FCC’s “Open Internet” Ruling REALLY Means for the Enterprise

Webtorials –  Colleen Boothby.  For enterprise customers, there’s no question that the FCC’s net neutrality decision tomorrow will be historic. (And no, not just because it’s one of the very, very few times that the lobbying juggernaut of cable+telco hit a wall.) The decision is a long overdue, formal acknowledgment […]

How Service Provider Agendas Affect Enterprise Customers

No Jitter –  Hank Levine.   Carriers and their enterprise customers agree on the need to migrate from TDM to IP but disagree over the specifics. LB3’s Hank Levine takes a look at their agendas with regard to the following, and what they mean for you: The TDM-IP migration Net neutrality […]

AT&T Expands Withdrawal of Service Matrix

Webtorials –  Deb Boehling & Janis Stephens.   AT&T to Withdraw Broadly Used Non-Ethernet Access, Non-Ethernet Private Line and Non-IP Toll-Free Service In early December, we let you know about AT&T’s Withdrawal of Service Matrix. We expressed surprise that only POTS/TDM telephony voice services were included in AT&T’s December 3rd chart, […]