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US broadband speeds are taking a hit in dozens of US cities, as millions of people are restricted to their homes amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, according to a new report. BroadbandNow, an ISP comparison service, says 88 of the 200 cities it has analyzed have seen some network degradation over the past week compared […] More
The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has turned millions of people’s homes into makeshift offices. But equipping those do-it-yourself offices is getting harder as the days go one. Why? Well, according to a lot of you who have been in touch with me, Amazon is not only running low on things like cheap laptops and webcams, but […] More
A month after the Federal Court of Australia approved the merger of TPG and Vodafone Hutchison, the transaction has received the tick of approval from US regulators. US approval was needed as one of TPG’s subsea cables passes through the US territory of Guam. “The company has received required consents from both the Committee for […] More
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to surges in internet traffic around the globe, as people stuck at home turn to applications like Netflix to keep them occupied. While keeping up with customer demands, Netflix is changing its operations behind the scenes to adjust to new constraints created by the global crisis. In a virtual webinar […] More
With unprecedented pressure on home internet connections because of work from home changes because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, UK’s communication regulator Ofcom has published a list of practical tips for improving the speed and reliability of your home network. Some of the tips are pretty obvious, such as testing your internet speeds regularly (I […] More
Equinix has opened its fourth data centre in Singapore with an initial investment of $74 million, offering 4,220 square metres of colocation space. The fourth International Business Exchange (IBX) aims to support growing digital transformation efforts amongst businesses and increasing interconnectivity in the city-state. Called SG4, the new site is located in a country where […] More
Image: Aussie Broadband One of the lovely things about local telco Aussie Broadband is that it publicly shows the capacity of its NBN customer network. A glance at its overall graphs for Australia, or individual states, reveal a nice cumulative snapshot of how a not insignificant player in the telco business has handled the impact […] More
At the end of March, users on an NBN Sky Muster plan will receive an extra 45GB towards their data cap over the next three months, the government-owned wholesaler said on Wednesday. After the first month, NBN will reexamine the data boost over the following months. NBN said it was making the change to cater […] More
