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Running a speed test and seeing the exact speeds you're paying your ISP for is always a good feeling, but that feeling subsides quickly once you start experiencing issues in real-world network loads.

Location problems in network optimisation investigate the optimal placement of facilities—be they emergency services, communication hubs or distribution centres—within a network to achieve objectives ...

Most network administrators are familiar with freely available network diagnostic tools such as Wireshark and TCPdump. However, many may not realize that the Internet2 consortium has produced several ...

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Younger mobile users reported more issues and reduced phone usage compared with earlier results U.S. wireless networks continue to deliver strong, consistent performance across major carriers, with ...

It’s a bad sign if your Network Effectiveness Ratio declines. Learn how to calculate this metric, and what to do next. Network Effectiveness Ratio (NER) measures a network’s ability to deliver a call ...

The field of hub location and network design problems is central to optimising transportation and communication systems. At its core, this area of research addresses the challenge of selecting ...

If you’re having problems signing on to the PlayStation Network, you’re not alone. According to the website downdetector.com, users have ben struggling with the service since about 4 p.m. The bulk of ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. A major national retailer ...

With video now ubiquitous across enterprise networks, real-time performance is more critical than ever. Yet poor network performance remains a concern due to problems such as packet loss, jitter, ...