Writing

The New Enterprise, and the ventures built on it.

Field notes from twenty years of keeping organizations connected — why I build what I build, and what it does for the people who depend on it.

Field Notes

One SIM, Every Site: We Shipped Private-5G Roaming

With two private 5G cores running, SIM cards can now roam between them — an approval list, not a carrier agreement. How it works, and the three bugs verification caught on day…

August 17, 2026
Connectivity101

Peplink Firmware 8.6 Is Here: WireGuard, SpeedFusion Boost, and a Security Release in Disguise

Firmware 8.6.0 is the biggest Peplink release in years - WireGuard remote access, SpeedFusion Boost mainlined, Multi-APN, four eSIM profiles, OneWeb, and a stack of closed vulnerabilities. A field operator's breakdown of…

August 2, 2026
The New Enterprise

The New Enterprise

The enterprise did not get smaller. It got more distributed — and that changes everything about what most businesses should be buying.

July 27, 2026
The 101 Network

Broadcast Connectivity 101: the truck stays home

Golf majors, F1, and SailGP have carried live coverage on bonded cellular and satellite. Your next remote does not need the venue's $35,000 circuit.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Launching Retail Connectivity 101 — with SharperB2B and T-Mobile

In partnership with SharperB2B and T-Mobile for Business, we're launching Retail Connectivity 101 — Professor P's straight-talk video series on stores that stay connected.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Maritime Connectivity 101: gigabits at sea

12–20 Starlink terminals bonded per vessel. 30+ gigabits for a global cruise line. The $1,800-per-megabit era of maritime connectivity is over.

July 26, 2026
Ventures

West Health Spa: the other kind of uptime

I co-founded an integrative wellness center in Gainesville. It has more in common with network engineering than you'd think: find the root cause, fix the system, not the symptom.

July 26, 2026
Ventures

West Networks: the operator behind everything

Founded on an inverted quote in 2008, West Networks is the engineering firm underneath every venture on this page — the team that answers when the network is down.

July 26, 2026
Ventures

Peplink University: teaching the platform

I created Peplink University's training — the decks, the courses, the "Professor P" sessions — because the platform deserved teaching as good as the engineering.

July 26, 2026
Ventures

The Peplink Tech Summit

I founded the event where the Peplink community levels up. Next edition: November 8, 2026, San Antonio.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Event Connectivity 101: stop renting the venue’s internet

A $35,000 venue quote for 25 Mbps is not a price. It's a dare. Own the kit, pay per event, and keep six figures over a show calendar.

July 26, 2026
Ventures

Why I built West 5G

Education creates demand. Sales quotes were killing it. West 5G is the storefront where the connectivity I preach becomes something you can actually buy.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Why Connectivity 101 exists

A free, vendor-honest education network — because the industry sells boxes to people who were never taught how networks actually work.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Healthcare Connectivity 101: the coach that cannot drop

Mobile mammography, ambulance fleets, and a multi-state health network that saved nearly eighty percent — clinical connectivity is where this architecture earns it.

July 26, 2026
The 101 Network

Construction Connectivity 101: online the day the trailer lands

Carriers quote 90–180 days and five figures to trench fiber to a site you'll leave in two years. The New Enterprise answer is live in hours and moves to the next job.

July 26, 2026
Never Say Tired

There Is No 110%

My team has decided I am a robot. They think I do not sleep, that I run on something the rest of them were not issued. The truth is a lot less…

July 7, 2026
Field Notes

Peplink Firmware 8.6 RC4: IPv6 Arrives, Plus a New Router API

Peplink pushed Firmware 8.6 RC4 to the open beta, and this is not a minor point release. Two changes in it matter enough that I would start testing now rather than waiting…

July 7, 2026
Connectivity101

Connectivity101, the New Enterprise, and Why I Bet on Both

For most of business history, “the enterprise” was a place. A headquarters. Wiring in the walls, a server in a closet, and a single internet line everyone quietly prayed would stay up.…

July 7, 2026