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02 / CATCH UP

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Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006↗ netnod.se · HN · 34 comments · 93 points · Sep 18, 2026
Will there be a 7G?↗ arxiv.org · HN · 186 comments · 126 points · Sep 12, 2026
France reaches 94.9% fiber coverage in 2026↗ cartefibre.arcep.fr · HN · 239 comments · 325 points · Aug 26, 2026
Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed↗ xda-developers.com · HN · 291 comments · 349 points · Aug 23, 2026
My brother's new high rise apartment doesn't allow individual internet services↗ reddit.com · HN · 17 comments · 27 points · Sep 26, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

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Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Will there be a 7G?↗ arxiv.org · HN · 186 comments · 126 points · Sep 12, 2026
Telstra outage: The night a network decided the year was 2006↗ netnod.se · HN · 34 comments · 93 points · Sep 18, 2026
Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region↗ github.com · HN · 67 comments · 70 points · Sep 04, 2026
My brother's new high rise apartment doesn't allow individual internet services↗ reddit.com · HN · 17 comments · 27 points · Sep 26, 2026
Ask HN: Hypothesis: Cellular providers are deprioritizing voice calls?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 40 comments · 21 points · Sep 24, 2026
Cities across US oppose Trump FCC plan to preempt local broadband rules↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Sep 23, 2026
Ottawa to help finance nationwide sovereign internet network↗ theglobeandmail.com · HN · 2 comments · 9 points · Sep 15, 2026
U.S. House Votes to Make Am Radio Standard in New Cars↗ roadandtrack.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Sep 19, 2026
Findings Report on the July 8th Telstra Outage [pdf]↗ telstra.com.au · HN · 2 comments · 5 points · Sep 02, 2026
The United States of Walmart, According to WiFi Data↗ ipinfo.io · HN · 1 comments · 4 points · Sep 23, 2026

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