NYC Ethernet Users Benefit from Evolution - CNSG Converged Network Services Group

NYC Ethernet business users understand the importance of exchanging emails and files over their network, leveraging their Ethernet connection to link offices, and using the connection to maintain a reliable and fast connection to their customers, suppliers, and their internal staff.  It would not be an exaggeration to conclude that many of today’s business workers take the technology that they lean on so heavily for everyday use, for granted.  The speed at which businesses move data in today’s culture is incredible, especially considering that the foundation for rapidly moving data from computer to computer was developed roughly 40 years ago.  At the same time that this business altering technology was in its infancy, New York residents were facing some of the city’s most difficult times in the modern era. 

Challenges for New Yorkers

Although New York found global prominence after World War II, due in part to the fact that it became the home of the United Nations, its star would soon fade.  The 1950s and 1960s presented challenges to city administrators, businesses, politicians, and residents.  Due to an economical change in the Interstate Commerce Commission’s ruling, barges were allow to charge fees for transporting goods between Manhattan and New Jersey.  The result of this ruling led to the demise of the area as businesses found other ways to move goods.  The 1950s brought traffic congestion and the demolition of a number of key New York landmarks in the name of progress.  The 1960s started with an eerie feeling in the markets as well.  At the tail end of the 1950s, New York lost both of its National League Major League Baseball teams (the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants) to California.  Manufacturing activities were in decline and many of the shipping activities moved to New Jersey due to the amount of space available to store shipping containers.  Transit strikes, teachers strikes, and a sanitation strike were all experienced in the 1960s and the outlook for the city was sinking with each passing year.

New York in the 1970s and 1980s

Many historical scholars agree that New York’s lowest point was in the 1970s.  The United States was trudging through an economic quagmire.  Gas prices were extremely high for the time and the city was on the verge of financial bankruptcy.  President Gerald Ford refused to provide federal assistance to bailout the financially burdened city, and a New York City wide power outage blackout resulted in unprecedented civil unrest.  Another transit strike in the 1980s and a spiking crime rate that lasted through the early 1990s contributed to a difficult sell for businesses looking to move to the city for notoriety.

Telecommunications and High Technology

As a result of the policies put into place during the hard times in its past, New York became known as a city with lower crime rates and less urban decay.  This attracted a surge in young professionals and developed a vibrant new culture in the area.  New York began to regain its vitality and with its renewed sense of being, New York began to attract businesses to the area.  New York became a headquarter destination for many companies in the publishing and television industries; including being home to two of the top three national newspapers.  A surge in banking expansion added to the increased economic vibrancy, as did the evolution of the high-tech industry.  Author Mitchell Moss points out that New York City experienced a substantial strengthening of its telecommunications facilities as a result of the industry’s deregulation.  Fiber optics added to the already rich infrastructure that previously existed, and as a result the “ready connectedness” that is available in the area continues to enhance the city as a destination for burgeoning companies.

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