A director at Virgin Media O2, a UK carrier partnering with SpaceX, confirms speeds of 4Mbps. He also talks about the service's limitations and why it works well for dead zones.

With Vodafone and Virgin Media and O2 switching off the older, slower 3G network, scammers have swooped in to target confused ...

Paradise Mobile has retained its title from online speed testers Ookla as Bermuda’s fastest mobile network. The award is based on analysis of consumer-initiated Ookla speed test results from devices ...

O2 has become the first mobile network in the UK to switch on user access to satellites, meaning that people living in rural areas with no signal may now be able to connect to mobile data. The new ...

Virgin Media O2, the owner of the UK’s nationwide O2 mobile network, is the last of the country’s telecoms providers to be turning off its old 3G network. EE, Three and Vodafone have already turned ...

Microsoft has released the KB5077241 optional cumulative update for Windows 11, which comes with 29 changes, including improvements to BitLocker, a new network speed test tool, and native System ...

Recently, we also had a chance to properly evaluate a 2026 Mazda CX-90 Preferred model. Sitting one step above the CX-90’s base trim, the Preferred came equipped with Mazda’s standard output, ...

Microsoft Adds Built-in Network Speed Test to Windows 11 Taskbar Your email has been sent Microsoft is testing a new network speed test feature in Windows 11 that lets users check their internet ...

In brief: Testing internet speeds normally involves third-party services such as Ookla Speedtest (update: Microsoft is using just that), but a new Windows 11 preview build adds this functionality to ...

Microsoft has started shipping Windows 11 Builds 26100.7918 and 26200.7918 (KB5077241) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel, covering the 24H2 branch (Build 26100) and the 25H2 branch (Build ...

Windows 11 is getting a built-in way to measure your connection speed, and it’s placed right where you already look when something feels off. Instead of jumping to a third-party site or installing ...

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