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Can Broadband Access Heal The World Economy? (To be discussed at G20)
In an open letter the ITU (International Telecom Union) urges G20 leaders, meeting in Mexico next week, to define targets making broadband affordable in all countries. ITU claims that Broadband (BB) is...
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Stay Tuned for: DiViNetworks Global Data Flow Report
In the last year since we launched DiViCloud in production, we became experts in the macro picture of content flow in the global Internet. DiViCloud’s unique position – overseeing masses of data...
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Euro 2012 – TV is still king (but watch the throne)
In the aftermath of Euro 2012 (and no, I’m not trying to replace Prandelli’s…) we learn one clear lesson – TV still dominates live video consumption. The figure below (source: RIPE’s study) shows...
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Euro 2012 – A view from the content side
In yesterday’s post I decrowned the Internet as the medium for watching planned live event. A comment from Svetoslav Hristov of Evolink revealed a different picture. Evolink put Euro 2012 online for...
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Demand for International data capacity grows 50% and more annually
For 15 years I’ve been hearing the same argument against innovative ways to provide data capacity: “Demand for capacity will not grow forever”. Time and time again skeptics are proven wrong. Not only...
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How can the IP price gap be bridged? Hint: Beam me up Scotty
In my recent post I highlighted the differences in IP transit cost between locations. At the low end of transit costs are those locations where content is generated – major cities in which the major...
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Packet Loss – International and Access – Asia, LATAM, Africa
Handling over 100Gbps for over 50 ISPs worldwide, combined with smart devices on international and domestic PoPs, the DiViCloud Network holds a unique view on packet flow in international networks. We...
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Does LTE impact traffic patterns on the International network?
LTE is becoming a reality in developed countries, but even more in emerging markets. The reasons being (a) many developing countries do not have fixed broadband infrastructure (b) MNOs and MVNOs...
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How vulnerable is international connectivity?
I came across an interesting BBC article – “The Internet’s weakest links,” analyzing the vulnerability of a country’s international connectivity. The vulnerability metric, adopted from Renesys’ blog,...
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Does increase in number of ASNs indicate Internet growth?
One of the metrics often used for estimating the Internet growth of a region is the increase in number of ASNs (autonomous systems). I recently came across such analysis by Renesys’ Doug Madory:...
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