This morning I gave a keynote at the Greening of Streaming event in Brussels on how misconceptions about the Internet lead to mistaken assessments on energy use of streaming. I posted the slides on LinkedIn #streaming #sustainability linkedin.com/posts/rudolfvan…

The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut #netneutrality and IP-interconnection. This overview shows that Brussels used digital sustainability as the Trojan horse to get past the gates of the EU's net neutrality bastion. linkedin.com/pulse/digital-n…

Germany has to repeat its 2019 5G spectrum auction that allowed 1&1 to enter the market!! there was unlawful interference from the minister on the regulator BNetzA. The minister didn't want a requirement for MVNO access in the frequency licenses? heise.de/news/5G-Auktion-201…

My eldest invented Dutch pizza Snackbar; Pizza with frikandel, kipcorn and bitterbal, with tomato and curry sauce, topped with fried onions and cheese and mayonaise of course!

Storing bij Odido zorgt voor problemen in bereikbaarheid in het noodnummer 112 meldt Veiligheidsregio Utrecht. In Zeeland meldt ziekenhuis Adrz ook problemen door die storing. Via vru.nl/incidenten/korte-stor… Adrz.nl OmroepZeeland.nl

Vannacht is er een storing geweest waardoor het noodnummer 112, alleen via ODIDO, korte tijd niet bereikbaar was. Inmiddels is de storing opgelost en is het noodnummer 112 weer volledig bereikbaar. Gedurende de sto... ^MW vru.nl/incidenten/korte-stor…

Great sadness today. Fearghas McKay @calanish has passed away. Fearghas will be dearly missed by the whole community. His larger-than-life personality, warmth, and kindness touched so many folks. A sad day also for the @flexOptix family. He now joins his beloved Susan Forney. 🥀

Following its second emergency services outage in a matter of weeks and a subsequent meeting with a government minister, Australian operator Optus has appointed consulting firm Kearney to provide an assessment and oversight of its mobile network operations. Read more: telecomtv.com/content/access… #Telecoms #Australia #MobileNetwork #NetworkOperations

I have just held an emergency press conference following Optus’s late afternoon announcement regarding a 000 outage and the tragic death of two South Australians. The South Australian Government was only made aware of these deaths after Optus’s media conference had already begun. This is completely unacceptable. South Australians expect and deserve to know that when they call 000, help will be there. A failure of this scale is serious, and the consequences have been devastating. The State Government will be undertaking a comprehensive investigation into the cause of the outage, the adequacy of the response, and most importantly, the circumstances that led to the tragic deaths of two members of our community. 📸 @7NewsAdelaide

VIDEO: Reünie op het Lauwers College: "Als je het niet naar je zin hebt gehad dan ga je niet terug" - rtvnof.nl/video-reunie-op-he…

NU | Hoe 112 (bijna) altijd bereikbaar is in Nederland, ook bij een stroomstoring ift.tt/9xAsrFL

Today Liam Lawson beat 2 World Champions, two race winners and his former Racing Bulls team mate. What an improvement over the Sprint race and #AusGP #F1 #ChineseGP 😝

American Patriots! every US dollar is signed using #autopen!! President Trump will replace these with properly signed patriotic dollars. You can throw your worthless dollars in the trash bins of Democrats in your town. Let them clean up their mess! wsj.com/story/for-the-first-…

Telekom-Chef Tim Höttges said at #MWC2025 that Europe should have a #DOGE department to get rid of regulators! He wants 3 pan-European mobile networks, so consumer prices can increase. Demands an end to #netneutrality. Wants payment from CAPs.

Not surpring since the telcos and handset suppliers did not advise that "4G" handsets did not not necessarily support voice over 4G ie VoLTE. abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/t… @ACCAN_AU @paulbudde @internetthought @CommsAlliance

With few exceptions, the FCC usually operates along party lines. President Trump seeks to formalize that political reality with an executive order stripping the agency of its faux independence. lightreading.com/regulatory-…

Terrific JMP by @JieZhou0219 from @MITEcon So relevant given today’s discussion in EU on how protect from further digital colonisation while spurring native innovation Context: China Great Firewall: China blocked foreign apps and regulated the internet (for political reasons)

La patronne de Signal interpelle (indirectement) Bruno Retailleau qui souhaite casser le chiffrement des applications de messagerie. Même si évidemment la France ne peut aucunement réguler WhatsApp ou Signal à la place de l’UE.

Good example here of why we should require immigrants to take a civics course to make sure they understand how our constitutional system works before they become citizens. (Hint: the democratically elected members of Congress make spending decisions. Not the president.)

I am going to leave X. My profile on Bluesky can be found here. It hurts... I met so many great people here. I learned so much. Got distracted a bit too much. What a screwed up world to see the end of democracy in the USA 😰 bsky.app/profile/internettho…

Just say no to #trumpfascist