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Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by jpalomaki »

"By integrating Ookla’s data products, including Speedtest®, Downdetector®, Ekahau®, and RootMetrics®, Accenture will help Communications Service Providers (CSPs), hyperscalers, and enterprises optimize the mission-critical Wi-Fi and 5G networks that power their digital core. [...] Ookla’s data platform is anchored by more than 250 million consumer-initiated tests per month, complemented by controlled drive, walk, and embedded testing options"[1]

[1] https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2026/accenture-to-acquir...

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by rozenmd »

progforlyfe wrote: post #6

that's nuts, unless I'm missing something, it doesn't seem like those products are that mind blowingly complex... wow. Makes we want to try building my own for the hell of it. Downdetector in fact just seems to be a website catalog with essentially a guestbook and hit counter...

the best part is Downdetector is inaccurate as hell - if AWS is genuinely down, folks get curious and search other providers, causing Downdetector to mark them as down too

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by tcdent »

jedberg wrote: post #7
IshKebab wrote: post #3

That seems like a lot for name recognition. I bet you could rebuild their technology for like $20m at the most, and buy 100% market share for like $100m easy. Unless they have some other assets other than the obvious?

Fast.com has existed for 15 years yet isn't nearly as popular. It's easy to build a new speed test, but much harder to get people to use it. Downdetector wins because of SEO. Most people don't get there directly, they google for "is $x down" and then get sent to downdecetor. Which from my understanding works by simply showing you how many people came to their site with those search terms. They don't actually check th…

Fast is a Netflix product so the fact that you've even heard of it is in direct relation to the weight of the brand that launched it.

speedtest.net has been the first search result on Google for "speed test" for decades. Partly the boost of domain SEO and partly the boost of it being an effective exit node for searches for that term for that long.

(Nobody searches "ookla" and nobody is going to search your tier-3 .com)

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by vinay427 »

yokoprime wrote: post #15

may i suggest nettfart.no by the norwegian government as an alternative ? at least the name is fun

While neat that a government operates this, I’m not sure it’s a viable alternative for most users given that the servers are AFAIK all in Norway. For example, the latency from my network was 150-200ms (compared to 6ms for the Speedtest.net server) and the speed test results appear less consistent than they may be in/near Norway.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by Seattle3503 »

progforlyfe wrote: post #6

that's nuts, unless I'm missing something, it doesn't seem like those products are that mind blowingly complex... wow. Makes we want to try building my own for the hell of it. Downdetector in fact just seems to be a website catalog with essentially a guestbook and hit counter...

The valuation must be outside of the tech. Are there relationships or contracts Accenture is getting access to?
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