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Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by simonw »

jpalomaki wrote: post #11

"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, an…

Is there some legal reason to scatter announcements with that many ® symbols, or do they just do it for style reasons / because they think it makes the announcement look more impressive?

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by dyauspitr »

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 is the name recognition and that that’s where people go to do those things

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by eddythompson80 »

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...

Of course they are not complex. They do have a network effect though. If you go to your local ISP and say “hey, my 500mbps plan is only doing 100mbps on Speedtest.net”, they’ll “fix it” (usually by working with Ookla to put an edge endpoint on their network)

If you tell the “hey frankyspeeddetect.com isn’t doing my 500mbps” they’ll tell you to it’s an issue with that random website. ISPs and services reach out to Ookla to onboard with them because they have a network effect/mindshare of whatever you wanna call it

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by taberiand »

joshuat wrote: post #16
yokoprime wrote: post #15

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

fast.com is my go-to in the rare case I need to check network speed these days

We used fast.com to speed test our new office internet connection and the next day got an irate email from corporate (who had argued we didn't need the new connection) about "watching Netflix all day". I imagine some C-level thought they had a real gotcha! moment until I showed them the site.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by musicale »

taberiand wrote: post #24
joshuat wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

fast.com is my go-to in the rare case I need to check network speed these days

We used fast.com to speed test our new office internet connection and the next day got an irate email from corporate (who had argued we didn't need the new connection) about "watching Netflix all day". I imagine some C-level thought they had a real gotcha! moment until I showed them the site.

This is another advantage of fast.com.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by guessbest »

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...

That's a lot of money just for network topography, but may someone let them in and it has a whole map of an otherwise hidden or inaccessible network.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by fragmede »

eddythompson80 wrote: post #23
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...

Of course they are not complex. They do have a network effect though. If you go to your local ISP and say “hey, my 500mbps plan is only doing 100mbps on Speedtest.net”, they’ll “fix it” (usually by working with Ookla to put an edge endpoint on their network) If you tell the “hey frankyspeeddetect.com isn’t doing my 500mbps” they’ll tell you to it’s an issue with that random website. ISPs and services reach out to Ook…

http://speed.cloudflare.com is a bit harder to argue with though.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by thefourthchime »

Seattle3503 wrote: post #20
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?

it must be

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by awakeasleep »

Seattle3503 wrote: post #20
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?

or overlapping board members who are essentially paying themselves
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