November news roundup
Here's a round-up all of the latest news from SamKnows this month.
Helping care agents resolve customer queries faster
Helping consumers analyse their internet service over time
Helping consumers measure real time in-home performance
Helping network engineers monitor network performance in real time
Helping product managers monitor network performance over time
Helping regulators provide a handy speed testing app for their citizens
Overview of all the available SamKnows tests
We offer a variety of different mechanisms to measure speed
Measures the round trip time between the router and a test server
Measure the performance to real-world gaming servers and stores
Measure the performance of major social media services
Measure the performance of video conferencing services
Measure the performance of video streaming providers
Measure the performance of Content Delivery Networks
Measuring web browsing performance to real homes
Measure the performance of Voice over IP calls
Measuring the time taken to resolve a DNS query
Discover the path that traffic takes between a source and a destination
Passively measure the amount of data used on a broadband connection
We explore how communication technology is changing the world
Find out about our latest products and feature releases.
Listen to our latest podcasts
How our customers are using SamKnows’ technology
Find out about our company culture
Some handy resources if you are writing about SamKnows
Our company vision, our mission and the values we hold dear
Discover how we became the global measurement standard
Find out more about working at SamKnows
Find out what job opportunities we currently have at SamKnows
Get access to a demo version of SamKnows One
Join one of our national studies to help improve the internet for all
Help and advice for users of SamKnows One
Here's a round-up all of the latest news from SamKnows this month.
When Facebook falls off the internet it's big news. But various outages have brought down many other major website this year. What are the knock on effects of big sites going down and should we be worried about it? In this month's edition of Spotlight, we find out.
Ensuring consistent and low latency is rapidly becoming the focal point for people concerned with how responsive applications are. But there's no single latency value either - latency will vary by application. This is why SamKnows is developing and adding ~40 new Quality of Experience tests to our Mobile apps. Measure latency for dozens of applications accurately, just from the palm of your hand.
We helped Cincinnati Bell reach compliance with FCC regulations in 2 months. Find out how we worked with Cincinnati Bell's engineering and regulatory teams to deploy a fully compliant solution so quickly.
Our Speed Test app for the FCC has been downloaded nearly half a million times, see what all the fuss is about by reading some of the public reviews it has received, and if you're in the U.S. try it for yourself – it's free!
The exceptional Maimuna Hassan completed a month-long internship at SamKnows during her term break from Cambridge university. This is a post written by Maimuna about her experience and the internship she completed at SamKnows. Find out more about her unique introduction to SamKnows and her experience as a Data Analyst in the government team – as well as how you can apply for an internship at SamKnows too!
What is the role of an office in the post-lockdown era? We’re trying to create an inclusive workspace, built off real feedback from people at SamKnows. Here's a look into the plans in-motion for our London office.
As SamKnows expands, we're doing our best to ensure we grow sustainably. A part of that is having an efficient and attentive recruitment process. Here's an insight into our new and improved hiring process.