The Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) of South Africa released its February 2026 FNO Perception Survey, where ISPs rate the fibre network operators they buy wholesale access from. Six smaller operators — Lightspeed, Open Fibre, Lightstruck, Evotel, Seacom FibreCo, and WeCom — scored between 6.6 and 7.1 out of 10, outperforming most of the eight largest networks. Octotel retained the top spot among the major players at 7.5, while Vumatel showed the biggest year-on-year improvement (+1.0). The survey covered 406 ratings from 45 ISPs across 11 metrics including reliability, technical proficiency, and open-access adherence. Ispa notes the smaller operators' strong results are promising but carry less statistical weight due to fewer raters.
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A tech support worker responds to a ticket about a printer in HR printing gibberish instead of documents. Upon arrival, he finds a manager using a hair dryer on the printer, which he defuses diplomatically. After basic troubleshooting fails, the team discovers the printer is outputting anonymous HR complaints submitted through a supposedly decommissioned intranet system, leading them to trace the network source of the misdirected print jobs.
Early benchmarks of the Linux 7.2 development kernel on an AMD EPYC 8635P (Sorano) server reveal unexpected localhost network performance improvements. TCP throughput and QUIC performance improved noticeably compared to Linux 7.1, while UDP remained unchanged. Sockperf also showed lower latency. A likely explanation is a change in fs/select.c switching the poll implementation from free_page() to the kmalloc() API, which improves scalability. The stress-ng micro-benchmarks confirmed poll performance is several times faster in Linux 7.2. Notably, CPU power consumption on the EPYC 8635P was slightly lower despite the performance gains. These improvements are not AMD-specific and should benefit other hardware as well.
Solod (So) v0.2 is a system-level language with Go syntax that compiles to C with zero runtime. This release adds a net package supporting TCP, UDP, and Unix domain sockets with a Go-like API, including deadlines for single-threaded servers. New compilation targets include 32-bit platforms, WebAssembly (WASI), and freestanding/bare-metal mode. C interop improvements include volatile, thread_local, and packed attribute directives, named C numeric types, Go-style type aliases, and third-party package support. The stdlib gains net/netip, encoding/hex, and a UUID package. Concurrency support is planned for v0.3.
Netris, a network automation startup, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company provides hardware-accelerated network automation software that runs on switches, helping AI neocloud operators reduce time-to-market by automating setup, configuration, and multi-tenancy. Unlike traditional SDN, Netris uses deterministic algorithms rather than AI to handle the high-throughput demands of GPU clusters. The platform is vendor-agnostic and already deployed across 35+ GPU clusters totaling roughly one million GPUs, with customers including Lightning AI, Foxconn, and HPE. Nvidia has also recommended Netris to its customers. The funding will be used to hire engineers and sales staff, expand hardware vendor support, and enhance its automation algorithms.
A comparison of five Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives for developers who need different priorities in their tunneling setup. The tools covered are LocalXpose (multi-protocol support with traffic inspection), Tailscale Funnel (security-first mesh networking), Inlets (self-hosted, Kubernetes-friendly), FRP/Fast Reverse Proxy (open-source, fully self-hosted with advanced protocol support), and Tunnelmole (lightweight open-source option). Each tool is evaluated on ease of use, protocol support, infrastructure control, and pricing, with guidance on which fits different use cases.
A look at why dedicated Wi-Fi access points like the Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC PRO are a better choice than ISP-provided routers for home networks. The post explains the benefits of PoE-powered APs — flexible placement, VLAN support, and seamless roaming — and highlights a Prime Day deal bringing the UniFi AP AC PRO down to $125. It also touches on use cases like smart home IoT devices, NAS, home labs, and Home Assistant automations.
The 2026 Cisco Networking Academy Partner Conference in Atlanta celebrated the program's impact across the US, Canada, and Marshall Islands, having reached 3.4 million students with 96% securing new career or educational opportunities. The event honored Premier+ partners representing the top 5% of Academic Support Centers, recognized 'Be the Bridge' award recipients for inclusion and innovation efforts, and highlighted instructor stories demonstrating the program's human impact in bridging the digital skills gap amid AI-driven workforce transformation.
Netris, a Santa Clara startup specializing in GPU data center network automation, has raised $15M in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company's platform automates setup, configuration, and operations for neocloud operators, addressing the complex networking challenges of GPU clusters — including multi-tenancy isolation and hardware-accelerated configuration across thousands of switches. Netris reports 800% annual recurring revenue growth and over 35 live GPU cluster deployments totaling roughly one million GPUs, with customers including Lightning AI, HPE, and TensorWave. Notably, the platform uses deterministic algorithms rather than AI, as the CEO argues network configuration requires repeatability, not creativity. Funding will go toward hiring, hardware vendor support expansion, and platform development.