Wi-Fi

Private MAC Addresses Explained: Why Your Phone Fails to Join Wi-Fi

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Private MAC Addresses Explained: Why Your Phone Fails to Join Wi-Fi

A phone no longer shows its factory hardware ID to every Wi-Fi network. iPhones have used a private MAC address per network by default since iOS 14, Android since Android 10, and Windows offers it as an option. The address is invented per network, so tracking a device across locations is harder. It also clashes … Read more

Most Homes Don’t Need Gigabit Fiber: The Real Streaming Math

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Most Homes Don’t Need Gigabit Fiber: The Real Streaming Math

Fiber-to-the-home is now the default fixed connection in Spain, but the speed debate is still shaped by marketing rather than real workloads. The CNMC’s statistics note, published on 23 September 2026, reported 18.3 million FTTH lines in July, within a fixed broadband market that passed 20 million lines for the first time. For most households, … Read more