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NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables

Ryan Daws — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:26:09 +0000

A NATO-backed initiative is looking to bolster the internet’s resilience against disruption by quite literally taking things to the next level: space. The ambitious £2 million project – dubbed HEIST (Hybrid Space/Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications) – received the greenlight on 31 July 2024, with partial funding coming from NATO’s Science for Peace and... Read more »

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Bringing SpaceX to the wild: Is Starlink Mini right for backpackers?

Muhammad Zulhusni — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:32:30 +0000

SpaceX has introduced Starlink Mini, a new portable solution to access the internet-from-space service that is already in use on boats, planes, by “van-lifers,” in Amazonian villages, and in rural homes across over 75 countries. The Verge reports that the new Starlink Mini is a DC-powered device as thick as a laptop and incorporates a... Read more »

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FCC votes to restore net neutrality protections

Ryan Daws — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:42:36 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to reinstate net neutrality protections, marking a significant shift in policy that aims to ensure the internet remains fast, open, and fair for all users. The decision comes after years of public outcry and regulatory shifts that saw the rollback of previous net neutrality rules. The rules prohibit... Read more »

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FCC to decide on net neutrality’s future

Ryan Daws — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:03:19 +0000

The FCC is gearing up for a vote aimed at regaining regulatory power over ISPs and reinstating federal net neutrality rules discarded by the Trump administration in 2017. Net neutrality is designed to ensure that the choices of internet users, not ISPs, dictate online activities. Early in April, the FCC revealed its draft rules, which... Read more »

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Glasgow has UK’s biggest broadband gap

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:01:09 +0000

Glasgow is the UK’s most unequal city for broadband connections – with its fastest area 866 times the speed of its slowest, according to analysis of 16,500 consumer speed tests by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. The highest average download speed measured in Glasgow was 840.4Mbps, logged in the Milton district. Yet just four... Read more »

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Starlink will be available for moving vehicles in December

Ryan Daws — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:48:03 +0000

SpaceX has announced that its Starlink service will soon be available for moving vehicles. The company’s Starlink for RVs service was initially launched in May but was designed for stationary vehicles. However, some enterprising folk managed to get Starlink working for moving vehicles anyway: From December 2022, a new Starlink service is launching that is... Read more »

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European telecoms firms call for web giants to contribute to soaring network costs

Duncan MacRae — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:33:04 +0000

European telecoms companies have called on the world’s web giants to contribute financially to the increasing costs of maintaining internet networks. 16 chief executives of telecoms firms, including BT, Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, released a joint statement this week, in which they said the likes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Netflix should be... Read more »

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FCC authorises nearly $800M from RDOF to Nextlink, Starry and others

Ryan Daws — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 13:36:24 +0000

The FCC has announced the approval of nearly $800 million from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) that will go to providers including Nextlink and Starry. Fixed wireless access (FWA) providers are the main beneficiaries of the RDOF fund as the FCC bets on their ability to achieve rural broadband availability targets. “We are excited... Read more »

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OneWeb turns to SpaceX for satellite launches after Roscosmos snub

Ryan Daws — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:35:27 +0000

OneWeb is turning to rival SpaceX to launch its LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites after Russian space agency Roscosmos snubbed the British firm. A rocket carrying 36 of OneWeb’s satellites was due to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier this month. In the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Roscosmos refused to launch the satellites... Read more »

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Internet backbone provider Lumen joins exodus of Russia

Ryan Daws — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:24:56 +0000

Lumen, a major internet backbone provider, has announced that it will be joining the exodus of Russia. Russia has found itself increasingly isolated on the world stage after its decision to illegally invade Ukraine—including carrying out heinous acts that are now being investigated as likely war crimes. The pariah state has already been cut off... Read more »

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