Samantha Albano

MikroTik product availability around the world

MikroTik is a networking equipment provider to Internet Service Providers all over the world. While you can visit MikroTik's official distributors page to see all 500+ distributors across 145 countries, we thought a breakdown of product availability for the most sought-after locations might be helpful for our community of broadband service providers.

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Samantha Albano

Minim participates in Verizon and Samsung NextG Build workshop [event recap]

Last week, Minim Engineer Zack Mattor and Minim Product Manager Nehemiah (Nemo) Blackburn joined other tech enthusiasts and developers in NYC for an event put on by Verizon and Samsung— the NextG Build: Develop for the new way business is done workshop. Here's Zack and Nemo to tell us a bit more about the event.

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Nehemiah Blackburn

Introducing the Minim Installer for MikroTik

In July, Minim became a Made for MikroTik software partner and launched support for MikroTik routers on the Minim platform. To further enable support for MikroTik routers, we're excited to introduce the new Minim Installer for MikroTik. With the Minim Installer, operators can easily configure any MikroTik hardware and make them Minim-enabled.

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Nicole Zheng

Introducing Minim's mesh onboarding experience

At Minim, everything is designed with simplicity in mind. We empower ISPs and their subscribers with usable apps for better home network clarity and performance. Today, we're excited to introduce a guided user experience for unboxing Minim-enabled routers and extenders. Minim app users can now seamlessly setup their own WiFi systems in a matter of minutes. Check out the video below!

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Sam Stelfox

Smart home cybersecurity news roundup [July 2019 edition]

In our last smart home cybersecurity roundup, we talked about the device vulnerabilities found in Linksys Smart WiFi routers and Android smartphones. This month's issue focuses on one particular type of threat that recently made headlines for surpassing 4 million hacking attempts over a two-month period: Website drive-by attacks. Keep reading to learn more about this prevailing attack method on ...

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Samantha Albano

Rural broadband initiative update: FCC funding & state-level movements

Since our last rural broadband initiative update, there have been several announcements made regarding the expansion of broadband coverage across rural America. This update takes a look at the latest FCC-approved round of funding and recent state-level rural broadband movements.

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Samantha Albano

WISP billing system review: Powercode

To provide guidance to folks interested in starting a WISP, we wanted to shed some light on the WISP tools that help our own customers at Minim manage their businesses. Today's blog highlights another WISP billing system that helps WISPs manage not only their customer billing, but also their ticketing, inventory, installer schedules, customer accounts, and more. Take a look to see if this could ...

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Samantha Albano

WISP billing system review: Sonar

When starting a WISP, an important consideration to have is how you will manage and charge for what products and services your subscribers are using. Luckily, there are many WISP billing systems available on the market that tackle all of the above, and then some. Such solutions are software-based and work to streamline your customer billing activities. Today's blog provides an overview of Sonar— ...

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Nicole Zheng

Made for MikroTik: Minim launches MikroTik support and cloud agent

Today, we are announcing support for MikroTik routers on the Minim platform as well as a new router integration path, Cloud Unum. With this announcement, Minim has been certified as a Made for MikroTik software partner. We are excited to support MikroTik, a globally-leading equipment provider for Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), as part of our commitment to delivering freedom of ...

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Samantha Albano

Minim feature spotlight: Minim Score

Helping operators proactively manage and secure home networks is our goal at Minim. Today's feature spotlight introduces the Minim Score— a residential managed WiFi tool that gives operators the ability to easily gauge the network health of a subscriber's LAN and see what issues it may be experiencing. With this insight, operators can quickly zone in on problematic networks and provide assistance ...

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