#ookla — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/hu/87993/ Csúcsidőben nyög a magyar mobilhálózat (is) #benchmark #csucsido #hours #HU #Hungarian #Hungary #Magyar #Magyarország #mobilinternet #mobilnet #ookla #peak #Science #Science&Technology #speedtest #Technológia #Technology #Tudomány #TudományésTechnológia

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Visible’s prepaid Verizon home 5G, Uber’s travel ambitions, AT&T emergency response

Happy World Press Freedom Day to all who celebrate! Which should be all who don’t want to accept the lies of people in power.

I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Wednesday explaining three fair ways that you can take one story idea and sell it more than once.

4/28/2026: Looking for Fast Wi-Fi on Your Next Flight? Pick an Airline With Starlink, PCMag

This was going to be a straightforward writeup of Ookla’s report about Speedtest measurements of inflight connectivity, but some details seemed just off enough to require follow-up questions.

4/29/2026: Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Adds $300-Per-Year 5G Home Broadband, PCMag

This was going to be a a straightforward writeup of Verizon’s prepaid brand reselling Verizon’s fixed-wireless home broadband at a discount, but then I couldn’t get Visible’s site to show me the FCC-mandated broadband-facts label or even let me start a service order.

5/1/2026: Uber wants to be your travel agent, concierge, and personal shopper next, PCMag

I took a day trip to New York Wednesday to cover Uber’s Go-Get press event. This Amtrak run was not like any of the others I’ve taken earlier between D.C. and NYC because it featured infrastructure that hadn’t been first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad 90-plus years ago: the new Portal Bridge in the Meadowlands, which is replacing a janky old drawbridge that sometimes gets stuck open.

5/1/2026: For AT&T, Disaster Recovery Includes Flying COWs and a Robot Dog, PCMag

I spent a couple of hours in one of the parking lots next to the former site of RFK Stadium–it’s still weird to see nothing where that concrete donut had stood since 1961–to check out the exhibit of emergency-response hardware that AT&T had set up there.

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Visible’s prepaid Verizon home 5G, Uber’s travel ambitions, AT&T emergency response

Happy World Press Freedom Day to all who celebrate! Which should be all who don’t want to accept the lies of people in power.

I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Wednesday explaining three fair ways that you can take one story idea and sell it more than once.

4/28/2026: Looking for Fast Wi-Fi on Your Next Flight? Pick an Airline With Starlink, PCMag

This was going to be a straightforward writeup of Ookla’s report about Speedtest measurements of inflight connectivity, but some details seemed just off enough to require follow-up questions.

4/29/2026: Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Adds $300-Per-Year 5G Home Broadband, PCMag

This was going to be a a straightforward writeup of Verizon’s prepaid brand reselling Verizon’s fixed-wireless home broadband at a discount, but then I couldn’t get Visible’s site to show me the FCC-mandated broadband-facts label or even let me start a service order.

5/1/2026: Uber wants to be your travel agent, concierge, and personal shopper next, PCMag

I took a day trip to New York Wednesday to cover Uber’s Go-Get press event. This Amtrak run was not like any of the others I’ve taken earlier between D.C. and NYC because it featured infrastructure that hadn’t been first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad 90-plus years ago: the new Portal Bridge in the Meadowlands, which is replacing a janky old drawbridge that sometimes gets stuck open.

5/1/2026: For AT&T, Disaster Recovery Includes Flying COWs and a Robot Dog, PCMag

I spent a couple of hours in one of the parking lots next to the former site of RFK Stadium–it’s still weird to see nothing where that concrete donut had stood since 1961–to check out the exhibit of emergency-response hardware that AT&T had set up there.

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Visible’s prepaid Verizon home 5G, Uber’s travel ambitions, AT&T emergency response

Happy World Press Freedom Day to all who celebrate! Which should be all who don’t want to accept the lies of people in power.

I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Wednesday explaining three fair ways that you can take one story idea and sell it more than once.

4/28/2026: Looking for Fast Wi-Fi on Your Next Flight? Pick an Airline With Starlink, PCMag

This was going to be a straightforward writeup of Ookla’s report about Speedtest measurements of inflight connectivity, but some details seemed just off enough to require follow-up questions.

4/29/2026: Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Adds $300-Per-Year 5G Home Broadband, PCMag

This was going to be a a straightforward writeup of Verizon’s prepaid brand reselling Verizon’s fixed-wireless home broadband at a discount, but then I couldn’t get Visible’s site to show me the FCC-mandated broadband-facts label or even let me start a service order.

5/1/2026: Uber wants to be your travel agent, concierge, and personal shopper next, PCMag

I took a day trip to New York Wednesday to cover Uber’s Go-Get press event. This Amtrak run was not like any of the others I’ve taken earlier between D.C. and NYC because it featured infrastructure that hadn’t been first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad 90-plus years ago: the new Portal Bridge in the Meadowlands, which is replacing a janky old drawbridge that sometimes gets stuck open.

5/1/2026: For AT&T, Disaster Recovery Includes Flying COWs and a Robot Dog, PCMag

I spent a couple of hours in one of the parking lots next to the former site of RFK Stadium–it’s still weird to see nothing where that concrete donut had stood since 1961–to check out the exhibit of emergency-response hardware that AT&T had set up there.

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Visible’s prepaid Verizon home 5G, Uber’s travel ambitions, AT&T emergency response

Happy World Press Freedom Day to all who celebrate! Which should be all who don’t want to accept the lies of people in power.

I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Wednesday explaining three fair ways that you can take one story idea and sell it more than once.

4/28/2026: Looking for Fast Wi-Fi on Your Next Flight? Pick an Airline With Starlink, PCMag

This was going to be a straightforward writeup of Ookla’s report about Speedtest measurements of inflight connectivity, but some details seemed just off enough to require follow-up questions.

4/29/2026: Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Adds $300-Per-Year 5G Home Broadband, PCMag

This was going to be a a straightforward writeup of Verizon’s prepaid brand reselling Verizon’s fixed-wireless home broadband at a discount, but then I couldn’t get Visible’s site to show me the FCC-mandated broadband-facts label or even let me start a service order.

5/1/2026: Uber wants to be your travel agent, concierge, and personal shopper next, PCMag

I took a day trip to New York Wednesday to cover Uber’s Go-Get press event. This Amtrak run was not like any of the others I’ve taken earlier between D.C. and NYC because it featured infrastructure that hadn’t been first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad 90-plus years ago: the new Portal Bridge in the Meadowlands, which is replacing a janky old drawbridge that sometimes gets stuck open.

5/1/2026: For AT&T, Disaster Recovery Includes Flying COWs and a Robot Dog, PCMag

I spent a couple of hours in one of the parking lots next to the former site of RFK Stadium–it’s still weird to see nothing where that concrete donut had stood since 1961–to check out the exhibit of emergency-response hardware that AT&T had set up there.

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Visible’s prepaid Verizon home 5G, Uber’s travel ambitions, AT&T emergency response

Happy World Press Freedom Day to all who celebrate! Which should be all who don’t want to accept the lies of people in power.

I wrote an extra post for Patreon readers Wednesday explaining three fair ways that you can take one story idea and sell it more than once.

4/28/2026: Looking for Fast Wi-Fi on Your Next Flight? Pick an Airline With Starlink, PCMag

This was going to be a straightforward writeup of Ookla’s report about Speedtest measurements of inflight connectivity, but some details seemed just off enough to require follow-up questions.

4/29/2026: Verizon’s Visible Prepaid Brand Adds $300-Per-Year 5G Home Broadband, PCMag

This was going to be a a straightforward writeup of Verizon’s prepaid brand reselling Verizon’s fixed-wireless home broadband at a discount, but then I couldn’t get Visible’s site to show me the FCC-mandated broadband-facts label or even let me start a service order.

5/1/2026: Uber wants to be your travel agent, concierge, and personal shopper next, PCMag

I took a day trip to New York Wednesday to cover Uber’s Go-Get press event. This Amtrak run was not like any of the others I’ve taken earlier between D.C. and NYC because it featured infrastructure that hadn’t been first built by the Pennsylvania Railroad 90-plus years ago: the new Portal Bridge in the Meadowlands, which is replacing a janky old drawbridge that sometimes gets stuck open.

5/1/2026: For AT&T, Disaster Recovery Includes Flying COWs and a Robot Dog, PCMag

I spent a couple of hours in one of the parking lots next to the former site of RFK Stadium–it’s still weird to see nothing where that concrete donut had stood since 1961–to check out the exhibit of emergency-response hardware that AT&T had set up there.

https://www.europesays.com/be-fr/83885/ vous pouvez désormais lancer un speedtest depuis la barre des tâches #BarreDesTâches #BE #BEFr #Belgique #Belgium #Ookla #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #speedtest #Technologies #Technology #Windows11

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/100913/ vous pouvez désormais lancer un speedtest depuis la barre des tâches #BarreDesTâches #Ookla #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #Sciences #SciencesEtTechnologies #speedtest #Suisse #Technologies #Technology #Windows11

https://www.europesays.com/be/10427/ Proximus first to launch 5G SA in Belgium #5GPlus #5GStandalone #Belgium #Omdia #Ookla #Proximus #VoNR

Personal recibe el premio a la mejor red fija y móvil de la Argentina

Personal, empresa de servicios de conectividad fija y móvil fue galardonada por Ookla® , en el marco del Mobile World Congress 2026 en Barcelona, con el premio a la mejor red móvil y la red fija de la Argentina durante el último semestre del año 2025 con una velocidad top de descarga en la red fija de 469 Mbps. En relación con la red móvil registró una velocidad de descarga media de 55,48 Mbps y una velocidad de descarga media 5G de 518,8 Mbps (Fuente Personal Argentina).

Este premio destaca además que es la red fija más rápida y la que ofrece la mejor experiencia de Argentina. Este reconocimiento verifica el rendimiento superior de las redes de Personal y el compromiso con ofrecer conectividad de excelencia para sus clientes. Contar con una buena red es clave en el día a día: permite disfrutar de streaming sin interrupciones, jugar en línea con baja latencia, realizar videollamadas estables y en alta calidad, trabajar desde los hogares sin cortes, descargar archivos pesados en segundos y sostener múltiples dispositivos conectados al mismo tiempo sin perder rendimiento.

Roberto Nobile, CEO de Personal destacó: “Este nuevo reconocimiento de Ookla es una validación contundente de la visión que estamos construyendo para Personal en Argentina y también en Paraguay, donde lideramos con los mejores estándares.  Estamos impulsando una nueva era de conectividad, donde la velocidad, la calidad y la cobertura no solo definen un estándar tecnológico, sino que son un habilitador esencial para el desarrollo digital del país. La expansión de 5G y el despliegue de fibra óptica representan mucho más que infraestructura: impulsan desarrollo económico, innovación e inclusión. En Personal ponemos a la persona en el centro, construyendo un ecosistema integral de servicios que brinde experiencias más personalizadas y diferenciales. Vamos a seguir invirtiendo e innovando para que cada persona, empresa y comunidad del país pueda conectarse al futuro.”

Por su parte, Stephen Bye, Presidente y CEO de Ookla (una división de Ziff Davis), comentó: «Ookla tiene el honor de reconocer el compromiso de Personal por brindar experiencias de conexión excepcionales y un servicio de internet de alta calidad a sus clientes. Ganar el premio Speedtest a la Mejor Red Móvil y la Mejor Red Fija en Argentina es una prueba contundente de su desempeño líder en la industria y de su determinación para mejorar la conectividad.»

Personal continúa con el despliegue de la tecnología fibra óptica al hogar (FTTH) en diferentes ciudades de Argentina. En paralelo, viene realizando la mayor transformación de la infraestructura de su red, tanto fija como móvil, introduciendo nuevas tecnologías de acceso que permiten mayores velocidades y contribuyendo además a optimizar la calidad de servicio en términos de estabilidad y disponibilidad, lo que mejora significativamente la experiencia del usuario en su conexión a internet tanto dentro como fuera del hogar.

La red móvil se apoya hoy en más de 9.000 sitios 4G y 4.5G, con cobertura en 3.000 localidades. Sobre esa base, la compañía avanza de manera progresiva con el despliegue de 5G, con más de 1.100 sitios activos y la previsión de prácticamente duplicar esa cantidad en 2026. Personal fue pionera en encender 5G en Argentina en 2021 y mantiene desde entonces una posición de liderazgo. Un hito clave fue la activación del primer clúster 5G Stand Alone del país, que sienta las bases para nuevos casos de uso avanzados para personas, empresas, industrias y gobiernos.

Accenture compra Ookla – El gigante de la consultoría se hace con Speedtest y Downdetector

En una operación que promete redefinir el control de los datos de conectividad global, Accenture ha anunciado la adquisición de Ookla, la empresa matriz de servicios esenciales como Speedtest y Downdetector. El acuerdo, valorado en 1.200 millones de dólares, otorga a la consultora tecnológica el acceso a la base de datos de rendimiento de red más grande del mundo y a la plataforma de monitoreo de caídas de servicios más utilizada del planeta (Fuente Accenture).

Esta adquisición se produce en una semana marcada por la inestabilidad digital, tras las caídas reportadas en Amazon, Anthropic y los problemas de servicios de Meta, lo que subraya el valor estratégico de poseer las herramientas que diagnostican la salud de Internet en tiempo real.

¿Por qué Accenture quiere a Ookla?

Para Accenture, esta no es solo una compra de aplicaciones populares; es una adquisición de inteligencia crítica:

• Datos de Red en Tiempo Real: Con Speedtest, Accenture ahora posee datos granulares sobre el despliegue de 5G, 6G y conectividad satelital en cada rincón del mundo. Esto es oro puro para sus servicios de consultoría a operadoras de telecomunicaciones.
• Downdetector como Sensor Global: Al controlar Downdetector, Accenture se convierte en el primer ente en saber cuándo falla un servicio en la nube, una red social o una plataforma bancaria. Esta «alerta temprana» será integrada en sus servicios de gestión de crisis para clientes corporativos.
• Sinergia con la IA: Accenture planea alimentar sus modelos de IA predictiva con los billones de registros de rendimiento de Ookla para ayudar a las empresas a predecir fallos de infraestructura antes de que ocurran.

¿Qué pasará con los usuarios de Speedtest y Downdetector?

Muchos entusiastas de la tecnología temen que estos servicios gratuitos se vuelvan de pago o se llenen de publicidad corporativa. Sin embargo, el CEO de Accenture, Julie Sweet, ha intentado calmar las aguas:

«Ookla seguirá operando como una unidad independiente. Nuestra intención es fortalecer sus capacidades de análisis, no alterar la experiencia de usuario que millones de personas consultan diariamente para verificar su conexión».

Un ecosistema digital cada vez más concentrado

Esta compra sigue la tendencia de 2026, donde las grandes firmas de servicios profesionales están adquiriendo capas de infraestructura de datos. Mientras que empresas como Apple lanzan MacBooks económicos y Qualcomm presenta chips Elite para relojes, Accenture ha decidido ser el dueño del «termómetro» con el que medimos toda esa tecnología.

Para los analistas, el verdadero valor de los 1.200 millones de dólares reside en la capacidad de Accenture para ofrecer informes exclusivos de mercado a gobiernos y grandes empresas, utilizando los datos de millones de pruebas de velocidad realizadas por usuarios comunes cada día.

Accenture Acquires Ookla For US$1.2 Billion In Cash #accenture #ookla #software

https://www.lowyat.net/2026/385262/accenture-acquires-ookla-for-us1-2-billion-in-cash/

U Mobile Named Malaysia’s Fastest 5G Network By Ookla For Q3–Q4 2025 #ookla #telco #umobile

https://www.lowyat.net/2026/385237/u-mobile-fastest-5g-network-q3-q4-2025-ookla/

Accenture compra Speedtest, Ekahau, RootMetrics i Downdetector.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/accenture_buys_ookla_downdetector_ziff_davis/

#Accenture #Downdetector #speedtest #ookla

Accenture kauft Ookla: Wenn der Speedtest zum Beratungsgeschäft wird

https://techupdate.io/dienste/accenture-kauft-ookla-wenn-der-speedtest-zum-beratungsgeschaeft-wird/51043/

#technews #techbusiness #connectivity #ookla #ziffdavis #accenture

Accenture kauft Ookla: Wenn der Speedtest zum Beratungsgeschäft wird

https://techupdate.io/dienste/accenture-kauft-ookla-wenn-der-speedtest-zum-beratungsgeschaeft-wird/51043/

#technews #techbusiness #connectivity #ookla #ziffdavis #accenture

Accenture kauft Ookla: Wenn der Speedtest zum Beratungsgeschäft wird

https://techupdate.io/dienste/accenture-kauft-ookla-wenn-der-speedtest-zum-beratungsgeschaeft-wird/51043/

#technews #techbusiness #connectivity #ookla #ziffdavis #accenture

Accenture to Acquire Ookla to Strengthen Network Intelligence and Experience with Data and AI For Enterprises

Network data is no longer just a lifeline for the telecoms industry; it now creates significant value across…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #acquire #Barcelona #GB #Ookla #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/456009/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/365807/ Accenture to Acquire Ookla to Strengthen Network Intelligence and Experience with Data and AI For Enterprises #acquire #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #barcelona #Éire #IE #Ireland #Ookla #Technology

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: RootMetrics wireless network report

DOHA, Qatar–Between two daylong conferences in D.C. Thursday and Friday, scrambling to finish up some longer posts so I could put them on a January invoice instead of waiting yet another month, and getting ready to fly almost 7,000 miles here for Web Summit Qatar, I only had one post appear under my byline this week.

Patreon readers, however, got one extra post from me: my annual look into my income sources for the previous year.

1/26/2026: Verizon Has Slight Edge Over AT&T, T-Mobile, Except in One Key Category, PCMag

I’ve been covering RootMetrics’ nationwide testing of wireless carriers for years, but this was the first time I could quiz my former Light Reading editor Mike Dano for a story about them. He moved from that trade pub to become an analyst for RootMetrics’ parent firm Ookla last year, and I could see Mike’s knowledge of the business show up in the new RootMetrics report’s detailed breakdown of network infrastructure progress at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

#Doha #Ookla #Qatar #RootMetrics #WebSummit #WebSummitQatar #wirelessCarriers #wirelessNetworkPerformance #wirelessNetworks

Weekly output: RootMetrics wireless network report

DOHA, Qatar–Between two daylong conferences in D.C. Thursday and Friday, scrambling to finish up some longer posts so I could put them on a January invoice instead of waiting yet another month, and getting ready to fly almost 7,000 miles here for Web Summit Qatar, I only had one post appear under my byline this week.

Patreon readers, however, got one extra post from me: my annual look into my income sources for the previous year.

1/26/2026: Verizon Has Slight Edge Over AT&T, T-Mobile, Except in One Key Category, PCMag

I’ve been covering RootMetrics’ nationwide testing of wireless carriers for years, but this was the first time I could quiz my former Light Reading editor Mike Dano for a story about them. He moved from that trade pub to become an analyst for RootMetrics’ parent firm Ookla last year, and I could see Mike’s knowledge of the business show up in the new RootMetrics report’s detailed breakdown of network infrastructure progress at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

#Doha #Ookla #Qatar #RootMetrics #WebSummit #WebSummitQatar #wirelessCarriers #wirelessNetworkPerformance #wirelessNetworks

Weekly output: RootMetrics wireless network report

DOHA, Qatar–Between two daylong conferences in D.C. Thursday and Friday, scrambling to finish up some longer posts so I could put them on a January invoice instead of waiting yet another month, and getting ready to fly almost 7,000 miles here for Web Summit Qatar, I only had one post appear under my byline this week.

Patreon readers, however, got one extra post from me: my annual look into my income sources for the previous year.

1/26/2026: Verizon Has Slight Edge Over AT&T, T-Mobile, Except in One Key Category, PCMag

I’ve been covering RootMetrics’ nationwide testing of wireless carriers for years, but this was the first time I could quiz my former Light Reading editor Mike Dano for a story about them. He moved from that trade pub to become an analyst for RootMetrics’ parent firm Ookla last year, and I could see Mike’s knowledge of the business show up in the new RootMetrics report’s detailed breakdown of network infrastructure progress at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

#Doha #Ookla #Qatar #RootMetrics #WebSummit #WebSummitQatar #wirelessCarriers #wirelessNetworkPerformance #wirelessNetworks

Weekly output: RootMetrics wireless network report

DOHA, Qatar–Between two daylong conferences in D.C. Thursday and Friday, scrambling to finish up some longer posts so I could put them on a January invoice instead of waiting yet another month, and getting ready to fly almost 7,000 miles here for Web Summit Qatar, I only had one post appear under my byline this week.

Patreon readers, however, got one extra post from me: my annual look into my income sources for the previous year.

1/26/2026: Verizon Has Slight Edge Over AT&T, T-Mobile, Except in One Key Category, PCMag

I’ve been covering RootMetrics’ nationwide testing of wireless carriers for years, but this was the first time I could quiz my former Light Reading editor Mike Dano for a story about them. He moved from that trade pub to become an analyst for RootMetrics’ parent firm Ookla last year, and I could see Mike’s knowledge of the business show up in the new RootMetrics report’s detailed breakdown of network infrastructure progress at AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

#Doha #Ookla #Qatar #RootMetrics #WebSummit #WebSummitQatar #wirelessCarriers #wirelessNetworkPerformance #wirelessNetworks

Why have Malaysia’s 5G download speeds declined? #5g #5gmalaysia #digitalnasionalberhad #dnb #fahmifadzil #featured #mcmc #news #ookla #spectrum #speedtest #telco #umobile

https://soyacincau.com/2025/12/16/why-have-malaysia-dnb-u-mobile-5g-download-speeds-declined/

After years of using www.speedtest.net or TM Unifi's flavour of it, speedtest.tm.com.my - I've just discovered the existence of #Cloudflare 's own speed test. It's a bit longer to complete, but more detailed/informative than #Ookla 's Speedtest or #Netflix 's incredibly simplified fast.com.

🔗 https://speed.cloudflare.com

Ryzyko się opłaciło. Własny chip Apple N1 w iPhone 17 pokonuje konkurencję w testach Wi-Fi

Decyzja Apple o porzuceniu zewnętrznych dostawców (Broadcom) na rzecz własnego, autorskiego chipu łączności N1 była ryzykowna, ale się najwyraźniej opłaciła.

Najnowsze dane od Ookla (właściciela popularnego serwisu pomiarowego Speedtest.net) nie pozostawiają złudzeń: to był strzał w dziesiątkę. iPhone 17 jest w sieci Wi-Fi znacznie szybszy od poprzednika.

Raport oparty na danych od użytkowników „w terenie” pokazuje imponujący skok wydajności.

40% szybciej niż iPhone 16

Średnie prędkości pobierania i wysyłania na iPhone’ach z chipem N1 (iPhone 17, 17 Pro, iPhone Air) są o około 40% wyższe niż w modelach z serii iPhone 16 z ubiegłego roku.

Liczby z Ameryki Północnej mówią same za siebie:

• iPhone 16: średnio 323 Mbps.
• iPhone 17: średnio 416 Mbps.

Apple N1 radzi sobie tam, gdzie inni tracą zasięg

Co ciekawe, raport Ookla wskazuje na jeszcze jedną, kluczową zaletę nowego układu. Przewaga chipu N1 nad starymi układami Broadcom jest nieproporcjonalnie większa w obszarach ze słabym sygnałem.

Oznacza to, że iPhone 17 utrzyma szybkie i stabilne połączenie w sypialni czy ogrodzie, gdzie iPhone 16 mógł już „gubić kreski”.

Kontrowersja z 320 MHz? Nieistotna

Przy okazji premiery iPhone’a 17 pojawiły się głosy krytyki, że Apple N1 obsługuje w standardzie Wi-Fi 7 tylko pasmo 160 MHz, podczas gdy konkurencja chwali się obsługą szerszego kanału 320 MHz.

Nowy chip Apple N1 w iPhone 17 ma ograniczenie Wi-Fi 7

Dane Ookla pokazują jednak, że w praktyce nie ma to znaczenia. iPhone 17 i tak zajmuje pierwsze miejsce w rankingach wydajności Wi-Fi wśród flagowców. Powód jest prozaiczny: routerów obsługujących 320 MHz jest na rynku jak na lekarstwo, a korzyści z tak szerokiego pasma znikają błyskawicznie wraz z odległością od routera.

Apple postawiło na realną wydajność i energooszczędność (N1 obsługuje też Bluetooth i Thread), zamiast na marketingowe cyferki – i wygląda na to, że wygrało.

Apple N1: nowy czip w iPhone’ach to kolejny krok firmy do pełnej niezależności

#appleN1Chip #iphone17 #iphoneAir #news #ookla #predkoscWiFi #speedtest #wiFi7

iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16 Wi-Fi Speeds: New Study Reveals the Winner

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/18/ookla-apple-n1-chip-iphone-17-wifi-study/

iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16 Wi-Fi Speeds: New Study Reveals the Winner

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/18/ookla-apple-n1-chip-iphone-17-wifi-study/

iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16 Wi-Fi Speeds: New Study Reveals the Winner

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/18/ookla-apple-n1-chip-iphone-17-wifi-study/

Ookla: Internet Việt Nam thuộc nhóm cạnh tranh nhất Đông Nam Á, nhờ chính sách đúng đắn, đầu tư mạnh và môi trường cạnh tranh. 5G tăng tốc, thúc đẩy chuyển đổi số #Internet #Vietnam #SoutheastAsia #Ookla #5G #ChuyểnĐổiSố #HaTangSo

https://vietnamnet.vn/chuyen-gia-ookla-5g-viet-nam-vuot-nhieu-nuoc-trong-khu-vuc-dong-nam-a-2458689.html

Weekly output: Next Big Things in Tech (x3), Starship, T-Satellite, prepaid home wireless broadband

A months-in-the-work project finally reached the publication stage this week, which felt good–if not as good as invoicing for this project. Another high point of this week: spending a chunk of Saturday afternoon at the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and seeing how strong the protest-sign game remains in my city.

10/14/2025: The 5 next big things in space and telecom for 2025, Fast Company

Once again, my work on Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list (NBTT for short) started with judging entries in the converging industries of space and telecom.

10/14/2025: The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025, Fast Company

This is another category I’ve judged before, but most of the companies I considered this year were new to my work at Fast Co.

10/14/2025: These 4 innovations help solve critical issues for North America, Fast Company

This was a new addition to my NBTT work, and deciding what made companies worthy of this honor in this geographically-defined category got tricky at times.

10/14/2025: Starship’s Version 2 Flies for the Last Time, Splashes Down in One Piece, PCMag

I wrote this recap of Starship’s 11th flight test Monday night and then revised the piece slightly Tuesday morning–hours before SpaceX released video of Starship’s upper stage looking more than a little cooked as it lowered itself into the Indian Ocean.

10/16/2025: Who’s on T-Satellite? T-Mobile Dominates, But Verizon Customers Say No Thanks, PCMag

One surprise of this study from Ookla was how many AT&T subscribers chose to pay $10 a month extra to T-Mobile for Starlink satellite roaming; another was how rarely wireless users now find themselves without a terrestrial signal.

10/17/2025: T-Mobile, Verizon Now Selling 5G Home Internet Service Via Their Prepaid Brands, PCMag

Telecom-industry analyst Jeff Moore e-mailed me about the impending launch of resold Verizon fixed-wireless-access broadband by its Tracfone subsidiary, then T-Mobile’s Mint Mobile subsidiary started reselling its parent firm’s FWA. Moore then gave me some useful insight about the state of prepaid home wireless broadband.

#911inform #AES #EascraBiotech #fixedWireless #Heven #home5G #ImpulseSpace #MintMobile #MobileX #Ookla #OWLIntegrations #PilaEnergy #ProRataAi #ServeRobotics #SpaceXStarship #Starlink #Starship #TMobileStarlink #TSatellite #TracFone #USMobile #Vantor #Varda

Weekly output: Next Big Things in Tech (x3), Starship, T-Satellite, prepaid home wireless broadband

A months-in-the-work project finally reached the publication stage this week, which felt good–if not as good as invoicing for this project. Another high point of this week: spending a chunk of Saturday afternoon at the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and seeing how strong the protest-sign game remains in my city.

10/14/2025: The 5 next big things in space and telecom for 2025, Fast Company

Once again, my work on Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list (NBTT for short) started with judging entries in the converging industries of space and telecom.

10/14/2025: The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025, Fast Company

This is another category I’ve judged before, but most of the companies I considered this year were new to my work at Fast Co.

10/14/2025: These 4 innovations help solve critical issues for North America, Fast Company

This was a new addition to my NBTT work, and deciding what made companies worthy of this honor in this geographically-defined category got tricky at times.

10/14/2025: Starship’s Version 2 Flies for the Last Time, Splashes Down in One Piece, PCMag

I wrote this recap of Starship’s 11th flight test Monday night and then revised the piece slightly Tuesday morning–hours before SpaceX released video of Starship’s upper stage looking more than a little cooked as it lowered itself into the Indian Ocean.

10/16/2025: Who’s on T-Satellite? T-Mobile Dominates, But Verizon Customers Say No Thanks, PCMag

One surprise of this study from Ookla was how many AT&T subscribers chose to pay $10 a month extra to T-Mobile for Starlink satellite roaming; another was how rarely wireless users now find themselves without a terrestrial signal.

10/17/2025: T-Mobile, Verizon Now Selling 5G Home Internet Service Via Their Prepaid Brands, PCMag

Telecom-industry analyst Jeff Moore e-mailed me about the impending launch of resold Verizon fixed-wireless-access broadband by its Tracfone subsidiary, then T-Mobile’s Mint Mobile subsidiary started reselling its parent firm’s FWA. Moore then gave me some useful insight about the state of prepaid home wireless broadband.

#911inform #AES #EascraBiotech #fixedWireless #Heven #home5G #ImpulseSpace #MintMobile #MobileX #Ookla #OWLIntegrations #PilaEnergy #ProRataAi #ServeRobotics #SpaceXStarship #Starlink #Starship #TMobileStarlink #TSatellite #TracFone #USMobile #Vantor #Varda

Weekly output: Next Big Things in Tech (x3), Starship, T-Satellite, prepaid home wireless broadband

A months-in-the-work project finally reached the publication stage this week, which felt good–if not as good as invoicing for this project. Another high point of this week: spending a chunk of Saturday afternoon at the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and seeing how strong the protest-sign game remains in my city.

10/14/2025: The 5 next big things in space and telecom for 2025, Fast Company

Once again, my work on Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list (NBTT for short) started with judging entries in the converging industries of space and telecom.

10/14/2025: The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025, Fast Company

This is another category I’ve judged before, but most of the companies I considered this year were new to my work at Fast Co.

10/14/2025: These 4 innovations help solve critical issues for North America, Fast Company

This was a new addition to my NBTT work, and deciding what made companies worthy of this honor in this geographically-defined category got tricky at times.

10/14/2025: Starship’s Version 2 Flies for the Last Time, Splashes Down in One Piece, PCMag

I wrote this recap of Starship’s 11th flight test Monday night and then revised the piece slightly Tuesday morning–hours before SpaceX released video of Starship’s upper stage looking more than a little cooked as it lowered itself into the Indian Ocean.

10/16/2025: Who’s on T-Satellite? T-Mobile Dominates, But Verizon Customers Say No Thanks, PCMag

One surprise of this study from Ookla was how many AT&T subscribers chose to pay $10 a month extra to T-Mobile for Starlink satellite roaming; another was how rarely wireless users now find themselves without a terrestrial signal.

10/17/2025: T-Mobile, Verizon Now Selling 5G Home Internet Service Via Their Prepaid Brands, PCMag

Telecom-industry analyst Jeff Moore e-mailed me about the impending launch of resold Verizon fixed-wireless-access broadband by its Tracfone subsidiary, then T-Mobile’s Mint Mobile subsidiary started reselling its parent firm’s FWA. Moore then gave me some useful insight about the state of prepaid home wireless broadband.

#911inform #AES #EascraBiotech #fixedWireless #Heven #home5G #ImpulseSpace #MintMobile #MobileX #Ookla #OWLIntegrations #PilaEnergy #ProRataAi #ServeRobotics #SpaceXStarship #Starlink #Starship #TMobileStarlink #TSatellite #TracFone #USMobile #Vantor #Varda

Weekly output: Next Big Things in Tech (x3), Starship, T-Satellite, prepaid home wireless broadband

A months-in-the-work project finally reached the publication stage this week, which felt good–if not as good as invoicing for this project. Another high point of this week: spending a chunk of Saturday afternoon at the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and seeing how strong the protest-sign game remains in my city.

10/14/2025: The 5 next big things in space and telecom for 2025, Fast Company

Once again, my work on Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list (NBTT for short) started with judging entries in the converging industries of space and telecom.

10/14/2025: The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025, Fast Company

This is another category I’ve judged before, but most of the companies I considered this year were new to my work at Fast Co.

10/14/2025: These 4 innovations help solve critical issues for North America, Fast Company

This was a new addition to my NBTT work, and deciding what made companies worthy of this honor in this geographically-defined category got tricky at times.

10/14/2025: Starship’s Version 2 Flies for the Last Time, Splashes Down in One Piece, PCMag

I wrote this recap of Starship’s 11th flight test Monday night and then revised the piece slightly Tuesday morning–hours before SpaceX released video of Starship’s upper stage looking more than a little cooked as it lowered itself into the Indian Ocean.

10/16/2025: Who’s on T-Satellite? T-Mobile Dominates, But Verizon Customers Say No Thanks, PCMag

One surprise of this study from Ookla was how many AT&T subscribers chose to pay $10 a month extra to T-Mobile for Starlink satellite roaming; another was how rarely wireless users now find themselves without a terrestrial signal.

10/17/2025: T-Mobile, Verizon Now Selling 5G Home Internet Service Via Their Prepaid Brands, PCMag

Telecom-industry analyst Jeff Moore e-mailed me about the impending launch of resold Verizon fixed-wireless-access broadband by its Tracfone subsidiary, then T-Mobile’s Mint Mobile subsidiary started reselling its parent firm’s FWA. Moore then gave me some useful insight about the state of prepaid home wireless broadband.

#911inform #AES #EascraBiotech #fixedWireless #Heven #home5G #ImpulseSpace #MintMobile #MobileX #Ookla #OWLIntegrations #PilaEnergy #ProRataAi #ServeRobotics #SpaceXStarship #Starlink #Starship #TMobileStarlink #TSatellite #TracFone #USMobile #Vantor #Varda

"Hello,

Thank you for your submission. We have noted your request to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We will stop selling any of your personal information if we do so.

Best regards,
Ziff Davis Privacy Team"

Amazing. So does that mean that #ZiffDavis was INDEED selling my personal information?! :gmail17angry: :ultracate: :msnangry1: :skype_angry:

https://dsar.speedtest.net/

#Ookla #Speedtest #SpeedtestNet #Speedtest_net #Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #PersonalInformation #PersonalData

"Hello,

Thank you for your submission. We have noted your request to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We will stop selling any of your personal information if we do so.

Best regards,
Ziff Davis Privacy Team"

Amazing. So does that mean that #ZiffDavis was INDEED selling my personal information?! :gmail17angry: :ultracate: :msnangry1: :skype_angry:

https://dsar.speedtest.net/

#Ookla #Speedtest #SpeedtestNet #Speedtest_net #Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #PersonalInformation #PersonalData

"Hello,

Thank you for your submission. We have noted your request to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We will stop selling any of your personal information if we do so.

Best regards,
Ziff Davis Privacy Team"

Amazing. So does that mean that #ZiffDavis was INDEED selling my personal information?! :gmail17angry: :ultracate: :msnangry1: :skype_angry:

https://dsar.speedtest.net/

#Ookla #Speedtest #SpeedtestNet #Speedtest_net #Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #PersonalInformation #PersonalData

"Hello,

Thank you for your submission. We have noted your request to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We will stop selling any of your personal information if we do so.

Best regards,
Ziff Davis Privacy Team"

Amazing. So does that mean that #ZiffDavis was INDEED selling my personal information?! :gmail17angry: :ultracate: :msnangry1: :skype_angry:

https://dsar.speedtest.net/

#Ookla #Speedtest #SpeedtestNet #Speedtest_net #Privacy #OnlinePrivacy #PersonalInformation #PersonalData

Vuoi testare la tua connessione Internet direttamente da terminale Linux? Speedtest CLI di Ookla è ufficiale, preciso e integrabile nei tuoi script. #Linux #Speedtest #CLI #Networking #Ookla

https://www.linuxeasy.org/speedtest-cli-ookla-linux/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Russia's communications regulator #Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday it had blocked the internet performance tool Speedtest, run by U.S. company #Ookla, due to what it described as threats to Russia's internet security.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/russia-blocks-ooklas-online-speedtest-service-due-internet-security-threats-2025-07-30/

#Ukraine #Russia

Russlands Behörde #Roskomnadsor verbietet den Dienst #Speedtest von #Ookla mit der Begründung einer "Sicherheitsgefahr" für das russische Internet. #Zensur #Russland https://winfuture.de/news,152610.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

India narrows mobile internet speed gap with US, China

India, the largest data consumer globally, ranks 26th in average internet connection speed and is narrowing the gap…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Internet #bhartiairtel #ericssonmobilityreport #indiadataconsumption #indiamobileinternetspeed #Internetspeed #mobileinternetspeed #ookla #Technology #vodafoneidea
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/9804/

India narrows mobile internet speed gap with US, China

India, the largest data consumer globally, ranks 26th in average internet connection speed and is narrowing the gap…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Internet #bhartiairtel #ericssonmobilityreport #indiadataconsumption #indiamobileinternetspeed #Internetspeed #mobileinternetspeed #ookla #Technology #vodafoneidea
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/9804/

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Napster resurfaces, FCC chair’s “Build Agenda”

I spent yet another Fourth of July without going into D.C. to see the fireworks, because I had a logistically simpler alternative: a college friend within walking distance having his usual Independence Day gathering, with smaller-scale pyrotechnics in the backyard.

Patreon readers got a bonus post: a review of the first new TV we’d purchased since 2009, covering its utility with over-the-air ATSC 3.0 broadcasts and with streaming-video services.

6/30/2025: Planning a Trip? These Are the Airlines With the Speediest In-Flight Wi-Fi, PCMag

This post started as a writeup of a report by Speedtest publisher Ookla of the inflight WiFi of 30 airlines, then I used the opportunity to provide an update on United’s rollout of Starlink connectivity on regional jets and remind readers about how the price of inflight WiFi is trending towards zero.

7/1/2025: Napster Resurfaces As (What Else?) an AI Company. Can Its Agents Deliver?, PCMag

I got a heads-up about this weird relaunch of Napster as an AI service a week and a half ago but had no bandwidth to get to the story at the time. Fortunately, Monday had enough free time for me to try out Napster’s AI avatars and write a first-look post about that experience.

7/3/2025: FCC Chair’s ‘Build Agenda’ for Broadband Expansion Looks Familiar, PCMag

After watching FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s speech Wednesday afternoon outlining his plans to boost broadband availability, I realized that parts of it didn’t seem too different from previous initiatives by the commission. So I took a little time to check with a telecom-policy expert and filed this report Wednesday night.

#AI #BrendanCarr #broadband #BuildAgenda #FCC #HawaiianAirlines #inflightBroadband #inflightConnectivity #inflightWiFi #Napster #NapsterCompanion #Ookla #QatarAirways #Speedtest #Starlink

Weekly output: inflight WiFi, Napster resurfaces, FCC chair’s “Build Agenda”

I spent yet another Fourth of July without going into D.C. to see the fireworks, because I had a logistically simpler alternative: a college friend within walking distance having his usual Independence Day gathering, with smaller-scale pyrotechnics in the backyard.

Patreon readers got a bonus post: a review of the first new TV we’d purchased since 2009, covering its utility with over-the-air ATSC 3.0 broadcasts and with streaming-video services.

6/30/2025: Planning a Trip? These Are the Airlines With the Speediest In-Flight Wi-Fi, PCMag

This post started as a writeup of a report by Speedtest publisher Ookla of the inflight WiFi of 30 airlines, then I used the opportunity to provide an update on United’s rollout of Starlink connectivity on regional jets and remind readers about how the price of inflight WiFi is trending towards zero.

7/1/2025: Napster Resurfaces As (What Else?) an AI Company. Can Its Agents Deliver?, PCMag

I got a heads-up about this weird relaunch of Napster as an AI service a week and a half ago but had no bandwidth to get to the story at the time. Fortunately, Monday had enough free time for me to try out Napster’s AI avatars and write a first-look post about that experience.

7/3/2025: FCC Chair’s ‘Build Agenda’ for Broadband Expansion Looks Familiar, PCMag

After watching FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s speech Wednesday afternoon outlining his plans to boost broadband availability, I realized that parts of it didn’t seem too different from previous initiatives by the commission. So I took a little time to check with a telecom-policy expert and filed this report Wednesday night.

#AI #BrendanCarr #broadband #BuildAgenda #FCC #HawaiianAirlines #inflightBroadband #inflightConnectivity #inflightWiFi #Napster #NapsterCompanion #Ookla #QatarAirways #Speedtest #Starlink