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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026381 stories
Why Switzerland has 25 gbit internet and America doesn't↗ stefan.schueller.net · HN · 435 comments · 546 points · Jul 03, 2026
FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs↗ 404media.co · HN · 390 comments · 587 points · Jun 09, 2026
Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't↗ sschueller.github.io · HN · 692 comments · 812 points · Apr 05, 2026
Mobile carriers can get your GPS location↗ an.dywa.ng · HN · 582 comments · 893 points · Jan 31, 2026
Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet↗ netzbremse.de · HN · 311 comments · 636 points · Jan 25, 2026
2025557 stories
A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure↗ sacbear.com · HN · 331 comments · 623 points · Nov 23, 2025
Vodafone Germany is changing the open internet, one peering connection at a time↗ coffee.link · HN · 221 comments · 479 points · Nov 07, 2025
Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion↗ xfinity.com · HN · 501 comments · 668 points · Jun 30, 2025
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast expands to hundreds of homes (2022)↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 229 comments · 577 points · Apr 16, 2025
U.S. appeals court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules↗ tvtechnology.com · HN · 380 comments · 419 points · Jan 02, 2025
2024737 stories
2400 phone providers may be shut down by the FCC for failing to stop robocalls↗ docs.fcc.gov · HN · 309 comments · 518 points · Dec 11, 2024
FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations↗ docs.fcc.gov · HN · 295 comments · 728 points · Dec 11, 2024
FCC votes to limit prison telecom charges↗ worthrises.org · HN · 426 comments · 982 points · Jul 19, 2024
FCC votes to restore net neutrality rules↗ nytimes.com · HN · 564 comments · 1013 points · Apr 25, 2024
FCC Officially Raises Minimum Broadband Metric from 25Mbps to 100Mbps↗ pcmag.com · HN · 228 comments · 499 points · Mar 14, 2024
2023717 stories
Wi-Fi 7 Signals the Industry's New Priority: Stability↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 96 comments · 59 points · Dec 29, 2023
Telecom Industry Is Mad Because the FCC Might Examine High Broadband Prices↗ techdirt.com · HN · 6 comments · 64 points · Dec 12, 2023
FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband, future goal of 1gbps [pdf]↗ docs.fcc.gov · HN · 139 comments · 177 points · Nov 01, 2023
WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight↗ jamesbvaughan.com · HN · 63 comments · 155 points · Sep 28, 2023
FCC refuses to scrap rule requiring ISPs to list every monthly fee↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 27 comments · 74 points · Aug 30, 2023
2022822 stories
Wiring my home with fiber↗ sschueller.github.io · HN · 298 comments · 599 points · Oct 30, 2022
FCC to remove companies from robocall database for non-compliance [pdf]↗ docs.fcc.gov · HN · 234 comments · 416 points · Oct 05, 2022
Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 425 comments · 1135 points · Aug 10, 2022
Rogers network outage across Canada hits banks, businesses and consumers↗ reuters.com · HN · 387 comments · 655 points · Jul 08, 2022
Installing a payphone in my house↗ bert.org · HN · 269 comments · 1129 points · Jun 02, 2022
2021856 stories
What is AT&T doing at 1111340002?↗ scribe.rip · HN · 377 comments · 1185 points · Nov 07, 2021
The FBI's internal guide for getting data from AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon↗ vice.com · HN · 265 comments · 818 points · Oct 25, 2021
Introduction to open source private LTE and 5G networks↗ ubuntu.com · HN · 117 comments · 609 points · Jul 25, 2021
Start Your Own ISP↗ startyourownisp.com · HN · 153 comments · 607 points · Jun 17, 2021
Observing my cellphone switch towers↗ fabiensanglard.net · HN · 132 comments · 800 points · May 16, 2021
20201,032 stories
AT&T Fiber in the SF Bay Area is flipping bits↗ twitter.com · HN · 361 comments · 647 points · Dec 07, 2020
Voters overwhelmingly back community broadband in Chicago and Denver↗ vice.com · HN · 229 comments · 639 points · Nov 09, 2020
A tech antitrust problem no one is talking about: US broadband providers↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 343 comments · 743 points · Nov 02, 2020
The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)↗ cable.co.uk · HN · 399 comments · 712 points · Aug 22, 2020
FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021 [pdf]↗ docs.fcc.gov · HN · 335 comments · 929 points · Mar 31, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

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

Follow your curiosity

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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