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  <title><![CDATA[CircleID]]></title>
  <link>https://circleid.com/topics/networks</link>
  <description>CircleID - Networks</description>
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  <dc:rights>Copyright 2026, unless where otherwise noted.</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2026-06-12T18:38:00+00:00</dc:date>

  
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      <title><![CDATA[IPv4 Pricing Through 2026 - Stability as Seller Leverage Begins to Return]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ipv4&#45;pricing&#45;through&#45;2026&#45;stability&#45;as&#45;seller&#45;leverage&#45;begins&#45;to&#45;return</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After a sharp correction, the IPv4 market is showing signs of stabilization. Rising buyer activity, tightening supply expectations, and growing AI infrastructure demand are expected to support gradual price recovery through 2026, improving conditions for sellers.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-10T11:19:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Community Networks: Africa&#8217;s Missing Layer of Digital Sovereignty]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/community&#45;networks&#45;africaas&#45;missing&#45;layer&#45;of&#45;digital&#45;sovereignty</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Community networks could become a crucial pillar of Africa's digital sovereignty, extending connectivity while giving underserved communities greater ownership, resilience, technical capacity, and influence over the infrastructure and services that increasingly shape economic opportunity.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-10T07:48:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How the AI Computing Paradigm Is Deconstructing Internet Governance]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/how&#45;the&#45;ai&#45;computing&#45;paradigm&#45;is&#45;deconstructing&#45;internet&#45;governance</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AI giants build vertically integrated, compute-centric networks, they are bypassing DNS, reshaping routing, and concentrating infrastructure power, placing decades-old internet governance institutions under mounting pressure and raising the prospect of a fragmented, AI-driven Splinternet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-08T01:20:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IPv4 Is Now a Sellers Market - What to Expect in 2026]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ipv4&#45;is&#45;now&#45;a&#45;sellers&#45;market&#45;what&#45;to&#45;expect&#45;in&#45;2026</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After two years of falling prices, the IPv4 market has turned decisively. Surging transfer volumes, AI infrastructure demand and looming broadband expansion are tightening supply, pushing prices higher and leaving patient buyers facing a costlier reality.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-06-01T11:09:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa&#8217;s Data Sovereignty Is Not About Where Data Lives: It Is About Who Controls It]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africaas&#45;data&#45;sovereignty&#45;is&#45;not&#45;about&#45;where&#45;data&#45;lives&#45;it&#45;is&#45;about&#45;who&#45;controls&#45;it</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Africa's data sovereignty debate focuses too heavily on where information is stored. Real sovereignty depends on control of cloud platforms, encryption, identity systems, and critical digital infrastructure that determine resilience, autonomy, and strategic power.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-31T11:06:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time Sovereignty: Internet Policy and Defense Frameworks for Critical Infrastructure Synchronization Under Geopolitical Conflict]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/time&#45;sovereignty&#45;internet&#45;policy&#45;and&#45;defense&#45;frameworks&#45;for&#45;critical&#45;infrastructure&#45;synchronization&#45;under&#45;geopolitical&#45;conflict</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As power grids depend on microsecond precision, states must treat time synchronization as sovereign infrastructure, hardening satellite, fiber and orbital defenses against hybrid attacks that could trigger catastrophic blackouts through resilient sovereign time defense frameworks.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-26T08:49:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Internet Is Fragmenting - Most of the People Who Should Notice Aren&#8217;t Looking]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;internet&#45;is&#45;fragmenting&#45;most&#45;of&#45;the&#45;people&#45;who&#45;should&#45;notice&#45;arent&#45;looking</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The internet is fragmenting across cables, routing systems and governance. Most network engineers, focused on regional operations, are missing how technical infrastructure and state power are reshaping a once interoperable network.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-21T11:10:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iran Threatens Subsea Internet Cables in the Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/iran&#45;threatens&#45;subsea&#45;internet&#45;cables&#45;in&#45;the&#45;strait&#45;of&#45;hormuz</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran is seeking to monetize and potentially weaponize subsea internet cables beneath the Strait of Hormuz, exposing how modern geopolitical conflicts increasingly threaten the digital infrastructure underpinning global finance, communications and trade.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T13:44:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Running-Code Primacy - The Patch Needed to Preserve the Internet&#8217;s Original Design]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/running&#45;code&#45;primacy&#45;the&#45;patch&#45;needed&#45;to&#45;preserve&#45;the&#45;internets&#45;original&#45;design</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[This essay argues that Internet governance has drifted from technical coordination into unaccountable institutional power, and proposes "Running-Code Primacy" as a post-RIR framework grounded in distributed validation, interoperability, and voluntary adoption rather than registry authority.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-12T11:56:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The New Space Race for Direct-to-Device Mobile Networks]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/the&#45;new&#45;space&#45;race&#45;for&#45;direct&#45;to&#45;device&#45;mobile&#45;networks</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three decades after Iridium's costly collapse, falling launch costs and improved signal processing are reviving satellite-to-phone ambitions, as Starlink, Amazon and AST SpaceMobile race to build direct-to-device networks that could reshape mobile coverage and competition.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-05-06T12:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building RIPE SEE: A Conversation With Jan Žorž About Community, Trust, and the Work Behind a Regional Event]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/building&#45;ripe&#45;see&#45;a&#45;conversation&#45;with&#45;jan&#45;zhorzh&#45;about&#45;community&#45;trust&#45;and&#45;the&#45;work&#45;behind&#45;a&#45;regional&#45;event</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jan Žorž reflects on SEE RIPE's role in uniting a fragmented region, where trust built through informal exchange now underpins internet resilience and helps align engineers with policymakers as regulatory pressures intensify.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-28T12:58:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beyond Connectivity: How Submarine Cable Resilience Dictates Digital Sovereignty in the Age of Fragmented Governance]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;connectivity&#45;how&#45;submarine&#45;cable&#45;resilience&#45;dictates&#45;digital&#45;sovereignty&#45;in&#45;the&#45;age&#45;of&#45;fragmented&#45;governance</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://circleid.com/posts/beyond&#45;connectivity&#45;how&#45;submarine&#45;cable&#45;resilience&#45;dictates&#45;digital&#45;sovereignty&#45;in&#45;the&#45;age&#45;of&#45;fragmented&#45;governance</guid>

      <description><![CDATA[Subsea cables underpin global data flows, yet resilience, control and deep sea access now define digital sovereignty as governance fragments, hyperscalers consolidate ownership, and states prioritize survivability over efficiency in an increasingly contested geopolitical seabed.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-28T11:25:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[IP Reputation for AI Teams: The Infrastructure Concept Nobody Explains]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/ip&#45;reputation&#45;for&#45;ai&#45;teams&#45;the&#45;infrastructure&#45;concept&#45;nobody&#45;explains</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AI agents scale, IP reputation emerges as a hidden constraint, shaping access to external systems and degrading performance. Managing network identity, not just models, is becoming essential for reliable data collection.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-28T11:14:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa&#8217;s Community Networks Offer a Local Path to Inclusive and Resilient Connectivity]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/africa&#45;community&#45;networks&#45;offer&#45;a&#45;local&#45;path&#45;to&#45;inclusive&#45;and&#45;resilient&#45;connectivity</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Community networks, locally built and governed, are emerging across Africa as cost-effective tools to extend connectivity, bolster digital sovereignty, and improve cyber resilience, despite regulatory, financial, and technical constraints that hinder broader adoption.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-27T13:07:00-07:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fixing Geofeed: From Self-Reported Data to Verified Trust]]></title>
      <link>https://circleid.com/posts/fixing&#45;geofeed&#45;from&#45;self&#45;reported&#45;data&#45;to&#45;verified&#45;trust</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Geofeed data, long reliant on unverifiable self-assertions, faces mounting security risks. Integrating RPKI could transform it into a trusted, cryptographically validated infrastructure, strengthening routing integrity, regulatory compliance, and digital sovereignty across an increasingly contested internet.]]></description>
      <dc:date>2026-04-21T11:38:00-07:00</dc:date>
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