Blog Category: Customer and Operations
- April 16, 2012
- MegaPath: Largest EoC Operator in the United States
This month, we reached an important milestone. As a result of our latest build out of Central Offices across the country, MegaPath is now the largest provider of on-net Ethernet-over-Copper (EoC) services in the United States.
Read More- By Pasha Mohammed
- February 15, 2012
- Ethernet over Copper to Surpass Legacy Services by 2014
It’s only a matter of time before Ethernet over Copper (EoC) surpasses T1 in demand. In fact, the revenue from Ethernet services has already surpassed that from legacy data services.
Read More- By Pasha Mohammed
- December 15, 2011
- Staffing Concerns Shouldn’t Shortchange Security for SMBs
There is enormous differences between running a small business and a large enterprise. However, the ability to provide sufficient IT security to business of all sizes have dramatically improved in recent years—giving small business owners varied options to protect their small but critical business needs.
Read More- By S.L. Sweet
- October 24, 2011
- "Epic MegaPath Tech Talk Rap" Video Wins Top Honors in $30K Video Contest
”We’re in a league of our own and we thrive on innovation! MegaPath, the leader in business communications.” Those are the pointed and spot-on opening lyrics in Epic MegaPath Tech Talk Rap created by HappyJoel, the winner of the first-ever MegaPath crowdsourcing video contest. And, we couldn’t agree more.
Read More- By Beth Tyebjee
- September 12, 2011
- Tech Talk Online Video Competition from MegaPath Enters Final Week
All video entries must be submitted to the MegaPath website by Monday, September 19, 2011.
Read More- By Beth Tyebjee
- August 15, 2011
- What Can the Cloud do for You? (Part 2)
When it comes to the cloud, it’s difficult to ignore the tea leaves: A recent urvey from IBM found that nine out of of ten IT professionals expect that cloud computing will overtake on-premise computing as the main way organizations acquire IT over the next five years.
Read More- By Arnaud Gautier
- July 29, 2011
- What Can the Cloud do for You? (Part 1)
Are you one of the many executives asking your IT staff: Does it make sense to move to the cloud? If you’re reading up on cloud computing, you may think that every single business on the planet is already there. But that isn’t close to the truth.
Read More- By Arnaud Gautier
- July 14, 2011
- IT Hip-Hop Ad Wins MegaPath Early Bird Tech Talk Video Contest
Recently, we challenged you, our partners and the general creative public, to come up with your very best video take on “Tech Talk.” We’re pleased to say that our Tech Talk Video Contest—to produce a new MegaPath “crowdsourcing” marketing campaign—is off to a great start.
Read More- By Beth Tyebjee
- September 1, 2010
- Why the Communications Market is Embracing Services
I always enjoy sharing good news, and I'm especially pleased to share the details of today's news. The MegaPath, Covad, and Speakeasy merger has closed, and the creation of a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC) has begun.
Read More- By MegaPath Marketing
- June 11, 2010
- Speakeasy, MegaPath, Covad Merger Grabs Headline Attention
In the 24 hours since MegaPath and Covad announced that Speakeasy would be combining its business to help create the first MSLEC (managed services local exchange carrier), we have been part of a flurry of conversations about what this merger means to the telecom and technology industries.
Read More- By MegaPath Marketing
- June 10, 2010
- 4 Quick Thoughts to Share from the MegaPath Channel
There are such great things taking shape in the MegaPath channel program that it is tough to limit today's post to just four quick thoughts. Let's jump right in.
Read More- By Jayne Swystun
- April 2, 2010
- Customer and Partner Perspectives of the Covad-MegaPath Merger
It’s Friday — the end of a rather busy (maybe more like a whirlwind) week here since we announced on Wednesday that MegaPath had reached an agreement to merge with Covad Communications.
Read More- By MegaPath Marketing
- March 31, 2010
- MegaPath and Covad: An Exciting Future
Today MegaPath and Covad announced a merger that will bring great benefits to our customers, partners and employees. By combining, we will be able to layer our market leading managed voice, data and security services on top of a very robust and powerful national network.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- March 2, 2010
- A New Voice for Voice on Connectivity
As promised in my post yesterday, I’m pleased to introduce the Connectivity community today to Diane Giuffre, Voice Product Manager here at MegaPath, and a welcome new voice for voice over MPLS solutions.
Read More- By Jayne Swystun
- December 18, 2009
- A Great Year in Review
As the year is coming to a close, I can look back over the last 12 months and can see that it has been a great year for MegaPath. Back in September, we were again placed on the Inc. 5000, the magazine’s list of the fastest growing private companies in the US.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- November 25, 2009
- Thanksgiving
Tomorrow, Americans all across the planet will celebrate Thanksgiving. We will sit down with those closest to us, break bread and celebrate and give thanks for all that we have.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- November 19, 2009
- The FAA Glitch: A Learning Opportunity
The FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure suffered a glitch today, which caused air traffic delays around the country. The statement from the FAA indicates that a software configuration error caused some key networking elements, which are responsible for flight planning, to be unavailable. Once this occurred, there was ripple effect throughout the National Airspace Data Interchange Network (NADIN), resulting in the manual entry of flight plans.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- August 24, 2009
- Being Well Connected: A Redundant Link As Part Of The Backup Plan
In today’s business world, staying well connected is critical to the success of most enterprises, small or large. The loss of connectivity for a mission critical application can be very costly, and is to be avoided, and businesses are advised to do what they can to maximize uptime. For this reason, it is always good to have a backup plan.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- June 29, 2009
- The Value of Integration
The VAR500 list for 2009 is out, and MegaPath has made the list again. That's six years in a row.
Read More- By Michael Francois
- June 26, 2009
- Cisco Saves Money, Increases Happiness, With Telecommuting
NetworkWorld is reporting that Cisco says it has saved $277M by having employees work from home. Their internal study found that not only did having employees work remotely save money, but it increased productivity and the happiness of the work force.
Read More- By Michael Francois
