Rudolf van der Berg
@internetthought.bsky.social
Telecom and Internet policy guy. Law, economics, policy and tech it all comes together in my work. Advise governments, telcos, businesses, academics and random people. Sustainability, competition, data centers, traffic, regulators, net neutrality, routing
F1 fans looking at telemetry, or lack of anything else
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 AM
F1 fans looking at telemetry, or lack of anything else
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Gisteren in VPRO Bureau Buitenland met @barbarakathmann.bsky.social over onze gigantische afhankelijkheid van Amerikaanse clouds, en het idee van 'cloud-out woensdag': verbreek de verbinding eens en kijk wat er nog werkt. Vanaf 08:38:
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Bureau Buitenland | NPO Start
Werkte Jeffrey Epstein voor de Russische geheime dienst? Helga Salemon over de vermeende 'kompromat', het belastende materiaal, dat hij verzamelde. En tech-activist Bert Hubert pleit voor een 'cloud-o...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Gisteren in VPRO Bureau Buitenland met @barbarakathmann.bsky.social over onze gigantische afhankelijkheid van Amerikaanse clouds, en het idee van 'cloud-out woensdag': verbreek de verbinding eens en kijk wat er nog werkt. Vanaf 08:38:
npo.nl/start/afspel...
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The Dutch government is looking for a department head "Execution" to execute punishments. 😜👨⚖️Yes, all the jokes apply, though the job is really about organising information flows between the various parts of the chain of justice. www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/af...
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The Dutch government is looking for a department head "Execution" to execute punishments. 😜👨⚖️Yes, all the jokes apply, though the job is really about organising information flows between the various parts of the chain of justice. www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/af...
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What starts off as an amazing discussion about how Starlink is corrupting the biggest ever rural Internet access program turns into an amazing discussion about how government should invest in Internet access... with @karlbode.com and @dougbadams.bsky.social communitynetworks.org/content/when...
February 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
What starts off as an amazing discussion about how Starlink is corrupting the biggest ever rural Internet access program turns into an amazing discussion about how government should invest in Internet access... with @karlbode.com and @dougbadams.bsky.social communitynetworks.org/content/when...
Telecom companies want to shutdown decades old 2G and 3G networks and switch to 4G/5G. The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) is warning of problems – and calling for a shutdown pause. by @fsteiner.bsky.social
Emergency call association demands shutdown moratorium for GSM networks
The European Emergency Number Association is calling for a suspension of the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks in Europe to avoid fatal consequences.
www.heise.de
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Telecom companies want to shutdown decades old 2G and 3G networks and switch to 4G/5G. The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) is warning of problems – and calling for a shutdown pause. by @fsteiner.bsky.social
The story of the new Microsoft hyperscale in Amsterdam reads like a decade-long quest for datacenter treasure. The initial party failed because of cluelessness and unsubstantiated mafia allegations. Everyone lost money until Microsoft appears as Deus ex Machina www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf...
In tien jaar tijd 370 keer zoveel waard: alleen speculanten winnen bij de nieuwe hyperscale van Microsoft | Rudolf van der Berg
Een indrukwekkende reconstructie door Carola Houtekamer en Merijn Rengers, waar de oorspronkelijke investeerders zijn vrijgesproken van een wet Bibob zaak, een Parijse cosmetica miljonair, een Belgisc...
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February 1, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The story of the new Microsoft hyperscale in Amsterdam reads like a decade-long quest for datacenter treasure. The initial party failed because of cluelessness and unsubstantiated mafia allegations. Everyone lost money until Microsoft appears as Deus ex Machina www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf...
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went to watch Melania (2026) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
February 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
went to watch Melania (2026) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
NLNOG New Year's Drinks in Utrecht
January 30, 2026 at 7:16 PM
NLNOG New Year's Drinks in Utrecht
Stop the shutdown of 2G and 3G. EENA calls for delay of the 2G/3G shutdown until emergency communications issues are resolved. Emergency calls over 4G and 5G are so broken and badly standardised that peoples lives are at risk and in Australia people have died. eena.org/press-releas...
EENA calls for delay of the 2G/3G shutdown until emergency communications issues are resolved - EENA
Brussels, 29 January 2026 After years of raising urgent concerns with EU institutions and industry stakeholders about the risks that the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks poses to public safety, the Euro...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Stop the shutdown of 2G and 3G. EENA calls for delay of the 2G/3G shutdown until emergency communications issues are resolved. Emergency calls over 4G and 5G are so broken and badly standardised that peoples lives are at risk and in Australia people have died. eena.org/press-releas...
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The new Dutch coalition agreement includes both a call-in power and a market investigation tool for the @autoriteitcm.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The new Dutch coalition agreement includes both a call-in power and a market investigation tool for the @autoriteitcm.bsky.social.
Microsoft to become sole user of newly built 78MW hyperscale datacenter. This despite hyperscale policy of The Netherlands. How is that possible!! I explain it here www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf...
De hype rond hyperscales | Rudolf van der Berg
There is hype around hyperscales in the Netherlands. Microsoft will be the sole party leasing 78MW in a datacenter that still has to be built within the A10-ring road of Amsterdam (proper Amsterdam). ...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Microsoft to become sole user of newly built 78MW hyperscale datacenter. This despite hyperscale policy of The Netherlands. How is that possible!! I explain it here www.linkedin.com/posts/rudolf...
So I just bought groceries for €19689 with a €12854 discount at Albert Heijn. Is it #inflation or #vibecoding?
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
So I just bought groceries for €19689 with a €12854 discount at Albert Heijn. Is it #inflation or #vibecoding?
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Dutch public and private sectors dependent on US cloud services www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/dutc...
January 28, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Dutch public and private sectors dependent on US cloud services www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/dutc...
De Hype rond Hyperscales; Komst Microsoft is gevolg van beleid tegen datacenters
- Een uitleg van wat het hyperscale beleid zegt
- De geschiedenis van het datacenterbeleid en netcongestie
- Hoe een falend datacenter werd gered door beleid tegen datacenters
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- Een uitleg van wat het hyperscale beleid zegt
- De geschiedenis van het datacenterbeleid en netcongestie
- Hoe een falend datacenter werd gered door beleid tegen datacenters
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De hype rond hyperscales
Er is veel ophef over de bouw van een nieuw datacenter in Amsterdam. Dit naar aanleiding van een artikel van Carola Houtekamer van NRC "In Amsterdam komt een hyperscale voor Microsoft, ondanks het ver...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
De Hype rond Hyperscales; Komst Microsoft is gevolg van beleid tegen datacenters
- Een uitleg van wat het hyperscale beleid zegt
- De geschiedenis van het datacenterbeleid en netcongestie
- Hoe een falend datacenter werd gered door beleid tegen datacenters
www.linkedin.com/pulse/de-hyp...
- Een uitleg van wat het hyperscale beleid zegt
- De geschiedenis van het datacenterbeleid en netcongestie
- Hoe een falend datacenter werd gered door beleid tegen datacenters
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That is one hell of a review... The title and picture is already enough to scare me away. I don't want to know what the plot is, or if there even is a plot.
Early reviews are in:
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
‘Even if they showed this on a plane, people would still walk out’
January 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM
That is one hell of a review... The title and picture is already enough to scare me away. I don't want to know what the plot is, or if there even is a plot.
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When a regime can kill with no or little internal/external cost, non-violence is rendered irrelevant. When power is exclusively exercised through violence, armed resistance isn't escalation but creation of parity.
Individual and collective self defense not violence.
Anything else is subordination.
Individual and collective self defense not violence.
Anything else is subordination.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 25, 2026 at 12:10 AM
When a regime can kill with no or little internal/external cost, non-violence is rendered irrelevant. When power is exclusively exercised through violence, armed resistance isn't escalation but creation of parity.
Individual and collective self defense not violence.
Anything else is subordination.
Individual and collective self defense not violence.
Anything else is subordination.
Is it too early to point out, that the gun you carry for self-defence is likely to kill yourself or someone you love? Maybe it is too early to point out, but please tell people not to carry guns, anywhere, for any reason...
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Is it too early to point out, that the gun you carry for self-defence is likely to kill yourself or someone you love? Maybe it is too early to point out, but please tell people not to carry guns, anywhere, for any reason...
Can we agree that the first month of 2026 is already crazier than the first month of 2025?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Air France-KLM Halts Dubai, Riyadh Flights on Geopolitical Risks
Air France-KLM has paused flights to and over several countries in the Middle East amid tensions between the US and Iran that could reverberate across the Persian Gulf.
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Can we agree that the first month of 2026 is already crazier than the first month of 2025?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Same people who whinge endlessly about how the removal of confederate monuments “erases history” have no problem erasing actual history
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Same people who whinge endlessly about how the removal of confederate monuments “erases history” have no problem erasing actual history
The proposed Digital Networks Act removed digital sustainability as a rationale for regulating IP interconnection and instead went for economic sustainability. Here is a pdf with line by line comparison and an initial analysis #DigitalNetworksAct #peering www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Comparison of final version DNA with the leaked version | Rudolf van der Berg
The Commission published the proposal for the Digital Networks Act today. https://lnkd.in/exvzrsBj I attach a combined version made by someone else. If you want to discuss what the proposal means for ...
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January 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The proposed Digital Networks Act removed digital sustainability as a rationale for regulating IP interconnection and instead went for economic sustainability. Here is a pdf with line by line comparison and an initial analysis #DigitalNetworksAct #peering www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
Apparently the publication of the Digital Networks Act has moved to 10:30am tomorrow #DigitalNetworksAct
January 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Apparently the publication of the Digital Networks Act has moved to 10:30am tomorrow #DigitalNetworksAct
Tomorrow we will read the final version of the Digital Networks Act. Will the nonsensical language on digital sustainability still be there? The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
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The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
Digital sustainability as a reason to end #netneutrality and #peering. I hadn't thought the European Commission would fall for it, but they have.
www.linkedin.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Tomorrow we will read the final version of the Digital Networks Act. Will the nonsensical language on digital sustainability still be there? The Digital Networks Act uses digital sustainability as the axe to cut net neutrality and IP-interconnection
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/digita...