Re: Improved the internet in our region

From: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 20:18:16 +0000

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 8:12 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Logan,
> At 12:41 24-05-2015, Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
>>
>> The global Internet has continued to grow, both in speed and
>> penetration. According to the latest report from Akamai [AKAM10],
>> the global broadband (> 2 Mbps) adoption has surpassed 50%,
>> propelling the average connection speed to reach 1.7 Mbps, while the
>> narrowband (< 256 Kbps) usage has dropped to 5%. In contrast, TCP's
>> initial window has remained 4 KB for a decade [RFC2414],
>> corresponding to a bandwidth utilization of less than 200 Kbps per
>> connection, assuming an RTT of 200 ms.
>
>
> The assumption of a RTT of 200 ms does not hold for Mauritius. I did some
> quick tests:
>
> 185.31.18.144 223 ms
> 192.134.5.5 212 ms
> 89.221.43.137 211 ms
> 195.22.213.210 229 ms
> 176.32.106.2 237 ms
> 198.41.204.74 211 ms
> 103.28.54.1 273 ms
> 92.223.16.66 406 ms
> 23.58.11.224 350 ms
> 149.20.64.69 348 ms
>
> As for the broadband (greater than 2 Mbps) adoption in Mauritius I doubt
> that it has surpassed 50%.
>

Indeed. The assumptions made in the RFC do not apply to our Internet
Connection in Mauritius. I think that we may need to review the way
this patch was implemented in various Operating Systems.

What do you think ?
Received on Sun May 24 2015 - 20:18:29 PST