Verizon launches wireless private network traffic management

Verizon today introduced an LTE wireless traffic management service to give business and government customers the ability to prioritize critical network-based applications.

Verizon will offer different service levels, including a “mission-critical” class, that a customer could use for video or voice over IP traffic. In that scenario, a customer could decide to prioritize video communications above emails or even lower-priority communications in a machine-to-machine network.

Verizon said it is the first U.S.-based carrier to offer such a service, which it calls Private Network Traffic Management. In addition to a mission-critical class of service, there will be a class for public safety customers, including first responders, who need the highest transmission priority to enable communications so they can reach destinations quickly.

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Here’s the best way to avoid Pope Francis traffic if you’re desperate enough

Blade

Hallelujah, there’s a way around Pope traffic, at least for Manhattanites. And as always on very expensive island, it comes at a cost

Blade, a startup that provides Uber-like on-demand rides in helicopters, is offering rides across Manhattan for $ 95 on Friday, September 25th when the pope will be in New York City.

The head of the Catholic church is in the midst of a trip through the U.S. that has caused traffic snarls everywhere he goes due to tight security. Manhattan, where Pope Francis is staying, is expected to be a complete disaster

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Blade’s flights will travel about three miles, moving between 30th street on the far west side of Manhattan and ending at 34th street on the east side. The rides will be available during rush hour from 7:45 A.M. to 10 A.M. and then again from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. Blade said the trips will take between five and eight minutes. Read more…

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