Last week’s announcement that broadband measurement company SamKnows were coming to Ireland, generated a lot of interest. So we invited their CEO, Alex Salter, to join us for a podcast (18:24,10.5MB,MP3). Alex explained the background of the company, and their mission to address the deficit of hard data when it comes to actual broadband performance in markets […]
SamKnows, the global leader in broadband measurement, today announced the launch of its new campaign in Ireland. Consumers are invited to sign up for free to help improve Ireland’s, and the world’s, broadband performance. SamKnows is searching for members of the public that want to influence how their country’s broadband is delivered. By measuring their broadband […]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to peer directly with the broadband provider in order to ensure smooth delivery of Netflix services to end users. The issue of Netflix performance had come to the fore in recent weeks. The streaming video service now accounts for about 30% of […]
We mentioned the Pirate Bay’s new browser a couple of days ago.. In just three days it’s been downloaded over 100 thousand times and the official torrent is being shared by over 5 thousand people. Full details over on GigaOM
File sharing site The Pirate Bay has just celebrated 10 years “in business”. And they’ve also announced a new browser – aptly, yet not very creatively called “Pirate Browser“. The browser is a bundle of a Tor client with a custom Firefox install. It’s supposedly able to get past the blocks that many ISPs have […]
Over the last few days there has been a lot of media coverage of UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to force ISPs and content providers to filter “porn” and other “adult content”. While a decision in the UK is obviously not binding in Ireland, our politicians do tend to watch what Westminster is up […]
The UK government is pushing for ISPs and content providers to block access to “porn” by default. Do you think this is a good move or a bad one? Let us know by voting in our poll: The more people who vote the better! (NB: It’s completely unscientific .. ) Related articles Prime Minister: UK […]
Irish ISP Magnet has managed to retain its number 1 position on Netflix’s ISP index for the 4th successive month. UPC dropped 3 place this month, with Digiweb, Eircom and Vodafone rising up the table. Full details on the Netflix site. Related articles Netflix Publish Latest ISP Index (technology.ie) Magnet pips Eircom to post (independent.ie)
Netflix have published their monthly ISP Index. For Ireland the ranking is now: Which is pretty much the same as last month. But what about historically? That’s a little bit more interesting: But the speeds themselves are still really slow with only one ISP (Magnet) giving an average over 2 megabits per second. Remember how […]
RIPE 66 has over 400 registered attendees so far. The event will take place in Dublin next month and will feature sessions covering a wide range of internet technology topics, with a particularly technical focus. Full details on the event site. Related articles RIPE Coming To Dublin And We’re Sponsoring AND Speaking (blacknight.com)
