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Broadband, Internet, Satellites, Sure Falkland Islands issue Posted on21 June 202422 June 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 on4 July 20204 July 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 on16 December 201916 December 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 December 201912 December 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 on10 November 201910 November 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 on14 August 201914 August 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 on6 May 201915 May 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 on4 May 201914 March 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 on2 May 20194 May 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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