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Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by trollbridge »

simonw wrote: post #21
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?

When you are making the absurd case you’ve trademarked “speed test”, yes, you have to take pains to mark it.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by themafia »

mbesto wrote: post #109
forcer wrote: post #44

I am not sure why this old news is surfacing here today but I can give my 2 cents, since I sold speedchecker.com last year and were directly competing with Ookla. The main business is selling the data. You use Speedtest.net to troubleshoot your connection but metrics captured with the test alongside location data give telcos invaluable insights on where they should improve their networks. Telcos pay 6 figures annuall…

> but it took me 18 years to grow the user base , figure out entreprise sales strategy and exit. The audience here has never wanted to admit that the codebase doesn't really matter. Now that codebases can be created in a weekend, people are opening their eyes to this sentiment - the hard part is the sales, the code is easy.

> The audience here has never wanted to admit that the codebase doesn't really matter.

Are we talking about speed testing websites or the code that controls space vehicles? Perhaps extreme generalities do not provide useful insights.

> Now that codebases can be created in a weekend

Now that corporations are whitewashing copyright off of code so you can steal it without conscience.

> people are opening their eyes to this sentiment

Code is the product. Engineering is the discipline. That you can achieve high sales without good engineering is not a new idea. That it only provides short term benefits and leaves you irrelevant in the long term is the actual sentiment.

> the code is easy.

Coding has been easy since Perl was released. Knowing _what_ to code is the problem.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by dhruvarora013 »

Worked there for half a decade and helped a little on this deal but exited right before.

Like another commenter pointed out, the deal is a data acquisition. Ookla is multimillion dollar business thanks to its awards and data programs with almost every telco a customer. Accenture was already a competitor thanks to their Umlaut acquisition

For most consumers, Ookla = Speedtest but there’s a lot more beneath the surface. Ookla owns a drive-testing firm, Downdetector (consumer based outage reporting) and a thriving SDK & server network. Most of the data comes via background tests and embedded SDK tests.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by notatoad »

simonw wrote: post #21
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?

i'm guessing that part of accenture's consulting business is helping people navigate the trademark registration process. so they've got to hype up the ®.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by gjmveloso »

I don’t think I would trust Downdetector in the hands of a company that its main business is consulting some of the same business to assess.

Imagine a large Accenture business being down. Would they provide that evidence even when that could harm their own SLA commitments with their clients?

I would trust Datadog more with https://updog.ai/

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

rajveerb wrote: post #101
forcer wrote: post #44

I am not sure why this old news is surfacing here today but I can give my 2 cents, since I sold speedchecker.com last year and were directly competing with Ookla. The main business is selling the data. You use Speedtest.net to troubleshoot your connection but metrics captured with the test alongside location data give telcos invaluable insights on where they should improve their networks. Telcos pay 6 figures annuall…

@forcer would love to know how you "grow the user base , figure out entreprise sales strategy and exit"

Apparently it takes roughly the same amount of time as raising a child

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by steve_adams_86 »

girvo wrote: post #94
jedberg wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That test was totally inaccurate for me. It got the download right but upload was only 1/12 of my rated speed and 1/12 of what all the other tests (and my actual experience) tell me.

Same for me: download was okay, upload was completely wrong

My very limited experience in this space is that measuring uploads is actually quite a bit trickier and harder to nail down than download speeds

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by BoggleOhYeah »

mbesto wrote: post #109
forcer wrote: post #44

I am not sure why this old news is surfacing here today but I can give my 2 cents, since I sold speedchecker.com last year and were directly competing with Ookla. The main business is selling the data. You use Speedtest.net to troubleshoot your connection but metrics captured with the test alongside location data give telcos invaluable insights on where they should improve their networks. Telcos pay 6 figures annuall…

> but it took me 18 years to grow the user base , figure out entreprise sales strategy and exit. The audience here has never wanted to admit that the codebase doesn't really matter. Now that codebases can be created in a weekend, people are opening their eyes to this sentiment - the hard part is the sales, the code is easy.

I'm not sure anyone was operating under the idea that a speed test website's code was the hard part.

Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by UqWBcuFx6NV4r »

BoggleOhYeah wrote: post #118
mbesto wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> but it took me 18 years to grow the user base , figure out entreprise sales strategy and exit. The audience here has never wanted to admit that the codebase doesn't really matter. Now that codebases can be created in a weekend, people are opening their eyes to this sentiment - the hard part is the sales, the code is easy.

I'm not sure anyone was operating under the idea that a speed test website's code was the hard part.

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Re: Accenture to acquire Ookla

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Post by UqWBcuFx6NV4r »

arikrahman wrote: post #85
forcer wrote: post #44

I am not sure why this old news is surfacing here today but I can give my 2 cents, since I sold speedchecker.com last year and were directly competing with Ookla. The main business is selling the data. You use Speedtest.net to troubleshoot your connection but metrics captured with the test alongside location data give telcos invaluable insights on where they should improve their networks. Telcos pay 6 figures annuall…

All it takes to defeat the business model is https://openspeedtest.com/

evidently putting “open” in the name of a website doesn’t suddenly make it not-bad.
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