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Broadband, Internet, Satellites, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on06/21/202406/22/2024

The Impact of Intelsat’s Multi-Orbit Service on OneWeb’s Low-Latency Offering in the Falklands.

Observations. This is a long and very technical post, but it is necessary to examine the issues. Before I start, I wish to clarify three […] Read More

Mobile phones, Regulation, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on07/04/202007/04/2020

July 4th 2020 Update: The curious case of 4G TV interference

The original post may be found below. Update #2: 3rd July 2020 The PCC’s report in January stated that an apology and compensation of £5,000 […] Read More

Broadband, Internet, Strategy, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on12/16/201912/16/2019

Zen and the Art of Hotspots and Sheep-Shearing

I had a busy trip to the Falkland Islands in November and I want to thank all those individuals that helped make my visit so […] Read More

Broadband, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on12/12/201912/12/2019

.FK ccTLD DNS lack of topological and server diversity (Final Update!)

Final Update #12: 12th December 2019 I am pleased to report that I have heard from IANA that diversity has at long last been added […] Read More

Broadband, General, Satellites, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on11/10/201911/10/2019

October and November 2019 Falkland Islands broadband service performance issues, Update #8.

Update #8: 10th November 2019 Sadly, it looks like there are still ongoing issues with the Falkland Islands Internet service after receiving several emails and […] Read More

Broadband, Regulation, Strategy, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on08/14/201908/14/2019

Falkland Islands’ Regulator’s QoS Direction: Part 2 – Discussion

On July 1st 2019, the Falkland Islands’ Communications Regulator issued a “Direction to Sure Falkland Islands, No 2019/01a Quality of Service” which requires Sure Falkland […] Read More

Broadband, Mobile phones, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on05/06/201905/15/2019

“We have just sent a code to your mobile phone” Oh damn!

Synopsis It’s critical for Falkland Islanders to be able to fully participate in the world of on-line services which are now driven by concerns of […] Read More

Mobile phones, Sure Falkland Islands issue, Telecommunications Posted on05/04/201903/14/2021

Do you have difficulty receiving or sending overseas SMS texts?

Updates are located at the end of the post. Background Back in mid-April 2019, a Falkland Island Internet user posted the following message on Facebook: […] Read More

Broadband, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on05/02/201905/04/2019

Is your organisation hosting a website outside of the Falkland Islands that uses a .fk based URL? If so you had better read this!

Synopsis. This is a very technical post so it will only be of interest if you are involved in managing a website hosted OUTSIDE of […] Read More

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