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Ultra-Fast 4G and 5G Failover for Fiber Circuits
Companies today have a need - a need for higher internet speeds.
For today’s business demands, the amount of data that is required by companies is growing exponentially. In 2016, businesses required 43.3 billion gigabytes of data to operate, compared to today, which has jumped drastically to 141.73…

Broad Sky Celebrates Earth Day All April Long
Since 1970 people from all over the world have celebrated Earth Day on April 22, an important event where people all over the world are encouraged to reflect on how we are treating our planet. On this day, organizations, communities, and public leaders speak about the importance of sustainability and…

Lessons Learned from Recent Internet Service Provider Outages
In early 2021, thousands of people and businesses in the Northeast were left without internet service, or at least a degradation of service, for a majority of the day when a major ISP’s service mysteriously went down. According to the company, service interruption was reported from widespread areas…

The Future of 5G Based on the Spectrum Bidding Results
A few weeks ago we wrote a blog post, “The Future of 5G Will be Shaped by the Mid-Band Spectrum Bidding War,” that took a hard look at the upcoming 5G Spectrum auction and, based on our perspective, shared thoughts and predictions on how we thought things would shake out with the major industry…

The Future of 5G Will be Shaped by the Mid-Band Spectrum Bidding War
As 5G continues to make strides in developing and implementing technologies for mainstream adoption, we’re actively monitoring and anticipating the industry moves. One of the trends we’ve been tracking is the upcoming announcement for 5G spectrum bidding, which is at a staggering $81 billion (FCC…

IntelliSite Acquires Broad Sky Networks, Forms Holding Company
IntelliSite forms EPIC IO Technology, Creating Fast-Growing Privately Held Tech Company Combining IoT and AI Solutions to Worldwide Managed Wireless Internet Connectivity
IntelliSite Corporation is the industry’s most complete IoT Lifecyle, Heuristic-Based Monitoring (hBM) and Smart Community as-a-Service…

POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) is going away. What’s your plan for the future?
Unless you’ve been living entirely off the grid, you know that humans are consuming and generating more data than ever before. IDC predicts that by 2025, the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes, which translates to 163 trillion gigabytes. While these massive numbers are hard to…

Wireless business internet changes the game – the need for speed
Unless you’ve been living entirely off the grid, you know that humans are consuming and generating more data than ever before. IDC predicts that by 2025, the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes, which translates to 163 trillion gigabytes. While these massive numbers are hard to comprehend,…

3G is Sunsetting – Transition to LTE and Future 5G
It's time to have a heart to heart about 3G wireless. It's over! And, it's not you - it's them. 3G services are sunsetting in the near term, and it means you need to start planning for what's next. Mobile network carriers will be shutting off the cellular infrastructure required to operate communication…

No Overage Plans are Here! Tips for choosing the right wireless data plan.
Pervasive wireless access is now a must-have for businesses. And, no matter what type of business you run, wireless connectivity and networking are at the heart of your success. That might include having multiple offices or retail locations that require secure branch networks and connectivity to…

Broad Sky Named in The Top Third on Inc. 5000’s 2019 List of Nation’s Fastest Growing Private Companies
Managed Wireless Internet Provider Broad Sky Networks ranked for the third consecutive year on Inc. 5000 at 1717 with a three-year growth rate of 301 percent.
For the third year, Broad Sky Networks, a business-class wireless provider helping businesses to deploy managed cellular LTE wireless solutions…

Want ‘everywhere internet’? Get Bandwidth-Aggregation–Dedicated-as-a-Service (BaDaaS)
In today's world, high-speed internet connectivity - especially wireless internet - is no longer the exception, it's the rule. Businesses require ultra fast, reliable broadband services for running point-of-sale, digital signage, and other critical cloud-based apps. On top of being central to daily…

Business continuity and failover – Can you afford to get it wrong?
Today’s enterprise networks are being pushed way beyond their intended limits. Mobility capabilities are now a must with more remote workers requiring always-on access to cloud-based applications. Broadband connectivity and network infrastructure also need to support a growing number of Internet of…

Wireless powers business apps- SD-WAN, VoIP, VPN and more!
Today we're asking more and more of our enterprise networks - support reliable access to a large number of cloud apps and connect all our IoT devices and branch offices. Oh, and we also want fast speeds for remote workers while keeping our data secure at all times. Whew!
That's quite a list of demands.…

Why you should be thinking about Gigabit LTE
Today’s enterprise networks are being pushed way beyond their intended limits. Mobility capabilities are now a must with more remote workers requiring always-on access to cloud-based applications. Broadband connectivity and network infrastructure also need to support a growing number of Internet of…

Why Wireless? Why Now?
As 4G LTE wireless connectivity - and now 5G - continues to get faster and more reliable, wireless services have evolved from trusty sidekick to full-on superhero status. CradlePoint’s 2019 State of WAN Study hits this point home: 52% of respondents report using LTE for primary connectivity and 48%…

Introducing Installation-as-a-Service
A sister company of Broad Sky Networks, TechLink is a trusted partner for technology infrastructure projects and wireless networks across North America. The company has a robust team of project managers, engineers, and software developers who design, deploy, and manage a variety of IT related…

Don’t Freak Out, But We Need to Talk About Security and Wireless
It has been said that ‘you can’t have a picnic without a few ants.’ Well, the same can be said for wireless technologies like 4G and now 5G. Users of 4G/5G services get the advantage of superior, uninterrupted connectivity, and the ultimate flexibility for communication and mobile internet. The…

Getting Ready for 5G – What you Need to Know
5G is no longer future tech. Commercial 5G phone networks and 5G-enabled smartphones will be rolling out in 2019. (Source: ZDNet). But with 4G wireless still getting faster, why is the industry already jumping into the 5G fire? In a word, data. Research from IDC tells us that currently, more than 5…

Rapid Deploy Internet: Get Day-One Connectivity with 4G LTE
It’s no surprise that businesses in nearly every industry have become more dependent on networking technologies and internet connectivity over the past decade. Companies require connectivity for things such as credit card transactions, VoIP, access to centralized and cloud-based systems, databases…