Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal

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Post by geephroh » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC

Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal
arstechnica.com

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Post by Steeeve » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

I like how they've rebranded from "Big 3 consulting firm Anderson Consulting wrought with scandal" to "IT service provider Accenture"

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Post by weedhopper » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC

Speedtest has always seemed incredibly sketchy to me, i don’t know if others share this sentiment. https://fast.com completed the test faster than speedtest loads the site

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Post by syntaxing » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC

weedhopper wrote: post #3

Speedtest has always seemed incredibly sketchy to me, i don’t know if others share this sentiment. https://fast.com completed the test faster than speedtest loads the site

Fast.com is from Netflix. They do it so ISP serve Netflix faster since ISP were gaming speed test sites. I’m assuming that’s the same case for cloudflare speed test.

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Post by kotaKat » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC

Oh god, kindly revert.

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Post by Brajeshwar » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

Btw, Cloudflare has a Speed Test at https://speed.cloudflare.com