The MLL Telecom Blog

Category: General

How to Build a Successful Radio Link - Part 3 MLL Telecom - 15 May 2012

Installation Once happy that the Fresnel Zone is clear, the link needs to be installed. Access to the site needs to be agreed with the site owners. The installing engineers need to be qualified for the technology, structure access (e.g… Read more

How To Build a Successful Radio Link - Part 2 MLL Telecom - 08 May 2012

Physical Line of Sight If the desktop line of sight has been carried out to a high standard, this step in planning your microwave link should not throw up many surprises… Read more

MLL on emergency standby for London’s Streetworks Embargo MLL Telecom - 05 Mar 2012

One of the more surprising benefits of the Olympic Games is that Londoners and visitors to the capital should be able to enjoy up to 7 months without any roadworks taking place in most parts of the Metropolitan area… Read more

How has Google saved our customers money? MLL Telecom - 06 Feb 2012

*Answer* - With Google Earth! It has saved our customers up to £400 per visit for a line of sight survey. *How?* When a physical line of sight survey is carried out our engineer needs to climb the tower on which the antenna is to be placed… Read more

How to Build a Successful Radio Link - Part 1 MLL Telecom - 11 Jan 2012

Most Network Managers know that microwave radio links require a clear line of sight and access to spectrum, but to achieve a successful link that is going to deliver service 99.999% of the time the devil is in the detail… Read more

Cloud in the Real World Ian Catlin - 08 Dec 2011

Recently I've been thinking about "real-world cloud" and what that means to our customers and I can't escape the conclusion that "cloud" itself isn't a solution, what customers want is a service, or services that they can rely on, measure and feel the&hellip… Read more

Does Social Media have a place in the workplace? MLL Telecom - 12 Oct 2011

Companies are increasingly embracing the role of social media in day to day working life - workers use it to network, or for research, or troubleshooting… Read more

"The CloudFrame" Ian Catlin - 09 Sep 2011

As I observed in a previous blog, current virtualisation and cloud technologies remind me of the way computing was delivered 20 years ago, i.e. centralised… Read more

PaaS (Pizza-as-a-Service) MLL Telecom - 03 Aug 2011

I realised how far the proliferation of apps had come when recently sitting in a pizza chain with the family and watched a guy on the next table tapping away on his iPhone… Read more

Is it Worth it? Ian Catlin - 28 Jul 2011

One of the things I often ask myself during the "dark days" of a new infrastructure or application deployment is: "is it even worth setting up all this monitoring stuff?" Invariably, as the system settles down and begins to become "part of the plumbing" the&hellip… Read more

Why Don't I Just Use the Browser? Ian Catlin - 08 Jul 2011

I just had a thought... One of the things that I now rely on is the ability to move between various computers, you know, laptop, desktop, server, phone, tablet etc… Read more

Rain Doesn't Stop Play Ginny Follen - 01 Jul 2011

It always rains at Wimbledon - it is an occurrence that practically defines the championship. Of course, typically, as soon as they build the roof on centre court we get two weeks of glorious sunshine for two consecutive years… Read more

"Dad, where's all my bandwidth gone?" Ian Catlin - 06 Jun 2011

The other day I was happily working away on my laptop at home when all hell broke loose - "Dad, Dad! Where's all the bandwidth gone?" Child one was in the middle of some home work and was mortified at the performance she was getting… Read more

What Makes the Best Wholesale Carrier? Richard Brandon - 09 Mar 2011

MLL Telecom is a wholesale carrier providing services to mobile and fixed operators across the UK… Read more

IPocalypse Now? MLL Telecom - 09 Feb 2011

Monday 31st January 2011 was an important day for the Internet. You probably didn't notice, and you could hardly be blamed… Read more

Rich information is sometimes just a matter of digging a bit deeper... MLL Telecom - 10 Nov 2010

A part of me is of a technical persuasion, this really isn't easy. The world constantly innovates, changes, resumes, reboots or drops into boot loader… Read more

The Joys of a Good Service... Ian Catlin - 19 Oct 2010

Oh the joy of good service! One of my greatest pleasures is stumbling across something, whether it be a product or a service, that simply does "exactly what it says on the tin"… Read more

Broadband Britain by 2015? Stuart Borgman - 27 Jul 2010

The new coalition government has pledged to make Britain the fastest broadband nation in Europe by 2015, as well as ensure a minimum broadband speed of 2Mb is available to every home in Britain… Read more

Telecom Operators v Property Landlords Chris Stratton - 14 Jul 2010

As a Chartered Surveyor and Town Planner that 'went native' and joined the Telecommunication Industry around ten years ago, I was flattered to be asked to speak on technology developments and their affect to the Property Profession's Henry Stewart Conference&hellip… Read more

Buzzword bingo! Ian Catlin - 21 Apr 2010

"Cloud" - it's the current buzzword in IT, but what does it actually mean for IT departments and the businesses they serve? Are you sitting comfortably? Yes? Then let me tell you a story... Many years ago, when I was just starting out in the technology&hellip… Read more

Radio Frequency (RF) Hazards Pete Norris - 26 Jan 2010

I was recently contacted by a very nice gentleman who was moving from rural Cornwall to Marlow, Buckinghamshire… Read more