To make informed decisions about infrastructure planning, energy policy, and digital resilience, decision-makers need access to transparent, #opensource data, writes Alicia Takaoka pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/energys...

19 submissions that explained, revealed, and provoked how the Internet could be represented. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/seeing-...

What if... This was the question we asked our #PIMFspain attendees yesterday to prompt them to consider projects on how to strengthen our view of the Internet's resilience. Stay tuned to their solutions pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Attention Internet measurement and visualization students, researchers, and supervisors! Applications for the Pulse 2026 Research Fellowship and Mentorship are now open. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/apply-n...

It's less than a week until we kick off Pulse Research Week. Register to join us virtually or in person in Barcelona. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...

An improved understanding of the geolocation of Internet infrastructure facilitates research & measurement, operational standards, and Public policy surrounding infrastructure equity, resilience, and concentration. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-ale...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the negative effects were visible in both the physical and digital worlds. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/when-ro...

Borges is a new Internet ownership mapping tool that combines WHOIS registry data, PeeringDB records, website signals, and large language models (LLMs) to uncover related networks that traditional methods often miss. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/mapping...

For those who experienced Internet issues this week due to the #Cloudflareoutage, here is a visual of why so many were affected globally. Read today's post to learn what percentage of the top 1,000 websites are hosted by which providers in your country pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/how-con...

@amreeshphokeer.bsky.social and @robbiemitch.bsky.social are presenting at the @internetsociety.bsky.social Pulse Internet Measurement Forum in India today #PIMFindia. Follow us virtually pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Following a platform-wide outage in November 2022, #Starlink published a significantly different IP geolocation file, which included for the planet Mars: 98.97.73.224/27,XX,XX-XY,Mars Learn more in @eldomador.bsky.social's latest post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/blast-o...

2 heads are better than 1. Take, for example, batch & streaming methods for detecting Internet outages. They may share a similar framework & produce similar results, but when used individually, they leave a 16% grey area. Learn more in today's guest post pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/compari...

Register now for our inaugural Pulse Research Week, happening in Barcelona, Spain (and online) from 8-11 December. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/registe...

DYK we have a monthly newsletter? Check out this month's issue and sign up to not miss out on all the latest Pulse news, events, and research opportunities email.internetsociety.org/blast-off-3....

Many applications improve the quality of service by combining storage and computation with data transmission, techniques often summarised as “latency hiding.” 🧵

Does a National Emergency Telecommunications Plan offer a practical and immediate solution towards greater Internet connectivity autonomy and resilience for Gaza? pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/keeping...

"Our results highlight a crucial point for policymakers and the public: blocking VPNs isn’t as straightforward as it might sound." pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/vpn-or-...

How secure is your #VPN? A new study found 8 popular, commercial VPN apps operating deceptively, exposing more than 700 million users to authoritarian surveillance. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/who-own...

Catch @robbiemitch.bsky.social at Mongolia Network Operators' Group #mnNOG7 this Friday, 3 October. Pay close attention to his presentation to win a Pulse 👕

Catch us this week at #MediaParty happening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for an #PIMFargentina / Sandbox event 'Internet Pulse: Visibilizando la salud de la red' ft @manypossibilities.net, @joaoaguiar.blog.br, Juan Peirano, and Hernan Seoane pulse.internetsociety.org/en/events/pu...

Locally-driven research and programming are necessary to ensure that rural/remote communities can fully participate in the digital age while safeguarding their well-being and cultural heritage, writes @robmcmahon.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/assessi...

The solution requires reframing how we think about #opensource infrastructure. Rather than treating it as a technical curiosity, policymakers must recognize it as foundational to economic resilience, GDP growth, & democratic governance, writes Feven Mekonenn pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/insight...

[Blog] To develop effective Internet connectivity interventions, we need to know what people are facing pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/measuri... #connectingtheunconnected

Read how @internetsociety.bsky.social Society Chapters have been collaborating with each other and coordinating with local stakeholders to advance #DNSSEC adoption by ccTLDs across Africa pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/chapter...

We're proud to support #PyConUK2025 as a way to give back to the #opensource community that makes projects like Pulse a reality. If you're attending, say hi to our Senior Developer Andy Clyde or drop him a question on the Discord channel.

We measure the Internet for many reasons, including understanding our rights as users. This was the theme of a panel discussion we participated in at last month's 2025 Digital Rights in Asia Pacific #DRAPAC2025 Assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/underst...

We're proud to sponsor the upcoming #TPRC53 event and promote the amazing Internet measurement research it features each year. You can read summaries of some of the research to be presented on the Pulse Blog pulse.internetsociety.org/blog

IPv6 traffic at Google is brushing up against 50%. www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6... #IPv6

[Blog] Mailyn Fidler discusses how states are using a combination of economic, legal, and covert powers targeting the Internet in other countries. These political shows of power point towards political solutions in international law and diplomacy. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...

While we are on the topic, for those attending #SIGCOMM2025, be sure to check out our resident Internet resilience expert, @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social's, non-paper session on the challenges of measuring the Internet in rural regions. conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2025...

We're looking forward to seeing all the novel Internet measurement visualizations, images, animations, and interactive artifacts at the inaugural Internet Visualization Exhibition #IVE happening at #SIGCOMM2025 this week. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/submiss...

"The question isn’t whether people understand the need for #IPv6. It’s whether we’ve made IPv6 deployment the natural, obvious, easy choice," writes @terrysweetser.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/why-ipv...

PTCL & TWA play a central role in Pakistan’s domestic Internet connectivity because of their unique roles as gateways to the global Internet. The risk: There is little redundancy when something happens to one or both of these operators. #waybackwednesday pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/focusin...

Below is a snapshot of a recent study tracking the impact of new mobile network entrants in OECD countries between 2008 and 2022. In most cases, the new operators forced existing players to lower prices, improve services, and rethink their strategies. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/what-ha...

Are you attending the Global Gathering event in Portugal next week? 😃 Join us at the Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Village, which we're co-hosting w/ our friends @ioda.live, M-Lab, and Censored Planet! 🐙 OMG Village Agenda: ooni.org/post/2025-gg... ✨ Mark your calendars! #omg #community

Last week, we held two Pulse Internet Measurement Forums in Lagos, Nigeria, to discuss the challenges and opportunities to improve the country’s and region’s Internet resilience. Lessons in the 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/25-cabl...

Japan is known for having some of the world’s most advanced fixed broadband infrastructure. Yet a closer look reveals a surprising contradiction.🧵

An alternative approach to measuring Internet performance is emerging, shifting away from artificial measurements that are indirect proxies of Internet quality to directly representative or predictive measurements. 🧵

📊Chart of the day📉 This chart shows the number of networks from outside Russia connecting (top) & disconnecting (bottom) with Russian IXPs, the year before and following the start of the invasion of Ukraine #WaybackWednesday pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-imp...

Many community networks (CNs) don't use fiber as a connectivity solution due to its high upfront cost, difficulty deploying in often remote & geographically challenging areas, and required expertise. However, a growing number of CNs in Kenya see it as the best technology to sustain their future. 🧵

Today's Pulse Blog post showcases an indigenous Internet measurement system developed by researchers at the University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia. 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/malaysi...

New analysis reveals that fiber deployment to the remaining 56 million unserved US households could generate at least $3.24 trillion in net present value (NPV) through increases in housing value, income, employment, and other societal benefits. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-eco...

Country-level data on #AI use and Internet resilience is crucial for validating the current risk to development, writes Abhishek Vajjala and Anirudh Tagat pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/why-ai-...

Internet shutdowns are spreading in Africa, which is a concern for its burgeoning digital economy, which requires reliable Internet to continue its rapid growth, writes @abshwehdy.bsky.social pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/africas...

Today's Pulse Blog post is all about latency, specifically how constant latency is from Content Delivery Networks #CDNs edge servers. 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/on-the-...

Internet outages happen all the time. What we learn from them and change helps us reduce the impact when the next one occurs. @amreeshphokeer.bsky.social shares his resilience lessons from last week's @cloudflare.social #DNS outage. pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/lessons...

Recently, we held an Open Fibre Data Standard workshop at @gigaglobal.bsky.social Connectivity Centre in Geneva to develop a framework for moving forward with #OFDS 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/ofds-sw...

The digital divide is typically understood as the gap between those with access to Internet infrastructure and those without. But new research challenges this assumption, specifically in the US 🧵 pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/the-new...

‼️ Amid protests, #Togo started blocking access to Facebook, Telegram, Signal, YouTube & DuckDuckGo last week. OONI data shows that the blocks remain ongoing. We document these blocks in our latest report: explorer.ooni.org/findings/167... #ooni #censorship #opendata #keepiton

The recent events show Egypt's very poor ISP market competition and dependence on a dominant local upstream provider is affecting its overall Internet resilience. Read our analysis pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/egypt-i...