Network Break 401: Google Teases Multi-Gig Home Broadband; New USB Cables Use Slightly Less Plastic

Take a Network Break! This week we discuss three Google-related stories including Google Fiber teasing the expansion of multi-gigabit Internet service to the home, the demise of Google’s streaming gaming service Stadia, and Google Chrome running its own root store. Firewall sales jumped 14% in the second quarter of 2022, but is that due to more firewalls being shipped or prices going up? The UN elects a new head of the ITU, Starlink reveals more details about its maritime service, Forbes writes an unflattering story about the crypto/networking startup Helium, and cable-maker Anker announces new USB cables made partially with plant-based materials. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: IP Fabric We’re sponsored today by IP Fabric, the industry leader in network assurance, IP Fabric wants to show you what it can do for your network operations. Get a free demo from an IP Fabric solutions engineer who’s been on the same 2 am phone calls as you trying to troubleshoot a network issue. Go to ipfabric.io/packetpushersdemo to find out how IP Fabric can help you solve network problems faster. Tech Byte: Juniper Networks And on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Juniper Networks, we dive into Juniper’s SD-WAN driven by Mist AI. Juniper’s SD-WAN is dramatically different those that use IPsec, TLS or other tunneling protocols because it can handle a wider range of designs while incurring less state in the network devices. We talk about how Juniper SD-WAN works and what it means for how customers can design their WANs. Show Links: Google Fiber Blog: Fast Forward: The future is multi-gig – Google Fiber Stadia and our long term streaming strategy – Google Your Games. Your Devices. Play Anywhere – NVIDIA GeForce NOW Stadia is closing down. – GeForceNOW (Reddit) Announcing the Launch of the Chrome Root Program – Chromium Blog Chrome Root Program Policy, Version 1.2 – Chromium Firewall Sales Surge 14 Percent to Nearly $3 B in 2Q 2022, According to Dell’Oro Group – Dell’Oro Group UN elects first female tech agency secretary-general – BBC Starlink Specifications – Starlink Starlink Slowed in Q2, Competitors Mounting Challenges – Ookla Starlink Maritime system enables high speed Internet connectivity even in heavy seas & hurricane winds – Starlink Crypto Darling Helium Promised A ‘People’s Network.’ Instead, Its Executives Got Rich.