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Starlink Hits New Highs in the U. S." | Ookla
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (1077+ words) Hughesnet and Viasat continue to lose ground to Starlink in network performance as its median download and upload speeds climb and its latency declines." In addition Starlink also improved its download performance in the 25th percentile, or the bottom quarter of…...
Gauging the Regional ISPs that Sprouted from Brazil's Regulatory Greenhouse | Ookla
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1118+ words) The Brazilian internet market offers a unique perspective on telecom competition: Almost 60% of the Brazilian fixed broadband market is handled by smaller, regional players. This stands in sharp contrast to most internet markets around the globe, which are often controlled…...
Europe's Hidden Mobile Performance Gap: Peak-Hour Congestion and Seasonality | Ookla
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1347+ words) The standard way of evaluating mobile network quality in Europe still leans heavily on aggregate metrics. National median speeds, coverage percentages, and 5 G adoption rates are useful, but they flatten the hour-by-hour load profile that determines how networks feel when…...
The Hardest Working Cell Site in Miami | Ookla
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (996+ words) As any wireless engineer knows, cellular networks are a shared resource. And they can get bogged down when lots of people share that resource at the same time. Network speeds offer one clear way to measure the degree of that…...
Starlink-powered O2 Satellite Puts the UK at the Front of Europe's D2 D Race | Ookla
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (569+ words) Virgin Media O2 announced its Starlink Direct to Cell (D2 C) partnership on October 30, 2025, describing O2 Satellite as a service that would initially provide messaging and data, work automatically in areas without traditional O2 coverage, and aim to raise O2 landmass coverage from 89% to more than…...
Cache Optimization Strategies for Telecom Operators to Improve Video Streaming Experience | Ookla
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (386+ words) Live or on-demand video streaming accounts for a large share of current internet traffic due to its high bandwidth requirements, the growing number of users, the popularity of short-form videos, and social media platform proliferation. According to App Logic Networks…...
In Search of the World's Fastest In-Flight Wi-Fi | Ookla
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (1498+ words) This article builds on research published in Starlink Elevates In-Flight Wi-Fi Performance and is based on Ookla" Speedtest Intelligence" data and airline Wi-Fi network names. Often a simple question " Which airline Wi-Fi is fastest? " needs a nuanced and complex answer....
A Closer Look at Network Reliability in Algiers with the Advent of 5 G | Ookla
1+ week, 6+ day ago (402+ words) National Mobile Median Download Speed, Algeria Source: Speedtest Intelligence" | Jan-Dec 2025 National Median Download Speed, Algeria Mobile Median Download Speed in Key Cities, Algeria Source: Speedtest Intelligence" | Nov-Dec 2025 Mobile Median Download Speed in Key Cities, Algeria However, beyond network performance and…...
Measuring the Direct-to-Device (D2 D) Marketplace: 2026 | Ookla
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (1650+ words) Just a few years ago, the idea that a smartphone could connect to a satellite seemed more science fiction than technological possibility. But now, such connections are not only possible, they're popping up in a growing number of locations around…...
Closing the Gap: Alaska's Push for Statewide Connectivity | Ookla
2+ week, 1+ day ago (582+ words) Despite challenging terrain and low population density, the 49th state is making big strides when it comes to bridging the digital divide." Alaska is set to receive approximately $1. 2 billion in funding from the federal government's Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD)…...