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The Upsides to Keeping it Boring: How Fiber-to-the-Home Providers Protect Their Investments

What does "good" actually look like for a fiber-to-the-home network? According to two of the people who build them, it looks like nothing at all. No complaints. No support calls. No coffee-talk the next morning about the stream that buffered. Just a light switch that turns all the way on, every time.

Introducing AI Platform Traffic Visibility in Kentik

Generative AI has quickly emerged as a distinct over-the-top (OTT) traffic category, yet service providers have lacked the visibility to track it. Kentik now identifies traffic from 35+ AI services across 28 providers, showing operators how it enters their networks, where it’s growing, and what it costs to deliver.

China Rolls out the ROAs

Long a laggard in RPKI adoption, China has dramatically increased its ROA coverage from 4% to 81% since April, signaling a major commitment to securing the internet’s routing system. This post explores the dramatic shift marking a significant milestone in global routing security, helping to protect networks from BGP routing mishaps that cause internet disruptions.

What the World Cup Looks Like in Internet Traffic

The World Cup may be the most-watched event in media history — so what does it look like from inside the network? We dug into ISP traffic data to reveal how Fox Sports peaks during US games, why second halves usually win, and how traffic flows shift for entire nations like Brazil and Iran when their team takes the field.