SamKnows Spotlight

In our second podcast, we speak to SamKnows lead integrations engineer Ben Janoff to find out how SamKnows has updated its tests to measure latency using a new metric developed by Apple called RPM.

This month we talk to Comcast Vice President Jason Livingood about low latency DOCSIS and the amazing results the company has recorded in its trials of their technology.

AI expert Richard Windsor, Founder of Radio Free Mobile, joins us to discuss the rapid evolution of the technology over the past year and how it could transform customer service. Alex Salter, Founder and CEO of SamKnows, discusses how AI could enhance SamKnows’ portfolio of products, both for consumers and its ISP partners.

CEO Alex Salter tells us what being part of the QSDK means for the company and the huge benefits it will bring to SamKnows’ customers. And lead integrations engineer, Ben Janoff, will dive into the technical detail, revealing exactly how our integration with the QSDK works and how it will massively reduce the work taken to roll out SamKnows’ tests. 

Roxanne Botman, People and culture consultant at SamKnows, reveals how the company has embraced diversity, and the practical measures that have changed the company’s culture.

Jamie Mason, our Head of Measurement Operations gives a detailed description of how SamKnows’ performance tests are designed,  executed and analysed.

Sam Crawford, Co-founder and chief technology officer of SamKnows, reveals how SamKnows can help consumers and broadband providers diagnose problems with in-home Wi-Fi performance. Andy Davidson, Senior director of technology planning at Qualcomm, gives us the inside track on the performance enhancements we can expect with Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi 7 technology.

The SamKnows founder and chief technology officer Sam Crawford tells us about his initial vision for broadband measurements back in 2008, and how the measurement methodology has evolved over the past 15 years.

Sam Crawford joins Barry Collins to discuss Starlink’s performance figures in greater detail. He also gives his views on the emergence of potential rivals and the new markets that Starlink has moved into over the past few months, including aviation and mobile connectivity.

SamKnows CEO Alex Salter and Comcast vice president Jason Livingood talk about how the broadband industry is changing and how it moves beyond its obsession with speed.

Hear more from Dr Jane Parry and Sophie Gordon as they discuss how the Covid lockdowns transformed the way we worked and what it means for the broadband industry now that hybrid working is here to stay

Jamie Mason Head of measurement support for SamKnows, explains how SamKnows test the performance of many of the world’s most popular games, and why the location of the game’s servers are absolutely critical to the experience that gamers will receive.

Dr Ahmed Alsohaily Chief technologist and adviser for the governor of the CITC tells us how Saudi Arabia delivered on the Kingdom’s goals to improve the performance of its broadband networks and how the big games companies have realized the potential of serving Saudi’s young gaming population.

What was the internet industry like in its early days? How did speed come to dominate broadband marketing? Comcast vice president Jason Livingood and SamKnows founder Sam Crawford share their expertise.

Sam, our founder and chief technology officer draws on SamKnows’ exclusive data to reveal why gigabit-grade connections deliver more than download speed benefits. Plus, he explains why Wi-Fi is becoming a bottleneck in the home and why speed is becoming less critical to consumers.

Richard is Chief Executive Officer of Zen Internet which is one of the UK’s few remaining independent broadband providers – and one of the most respected. Richard explains which apps consume the most bandwidth, why access speeds are outpacing technology, and the 5G myths.

Roxanne Robinson, SamKnows’ director of government projects explains what lessons can the US learn from other regulators when it comes to giving consumers more information?

Walter Johnson, former member of the FCC’s Office of Engineering & Technology gives us his frank views of why the labelling system failed in the past and what should be included in the labels this time around.

Dive into much more detail on cloud gaming with SamKnows’ Jamie Mason

Dive into much more detail on cloud gaming with Nvidia’s Andrew Fear

Sam Crawford explains how his latest game-changing product for ISPs can find internet performance anomalies in realtime and trace the fault back to its root cause automatically.

When Facebook falls off the internet it's big news, various outages has brought down many major website this year. What are the knock on effects of major websites going down and should we be worried about it? In this month's podcast we speak the SamKnows founder and CTO Sam Crawford to find out.

Ball Metaverse’s Jerry Heinz reveals what it’s going to take to build a metaverse.

Interview with Roxanne Robinson, Director of Government & Academia at SamKnows

Interview with Walter Johnson, Chief Architect of the Broadband America Program.