On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 3:52 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Logan,
>
> I noticed that you have reusing quite a few ideas from our discussions.
> You even GPLized a few of them. :-) It is nice to see that you have been
> discussing
Obviously, MIU has been talking about the bandwidth problem, and the need
for the local content well before that ! I will include that in the next
podcast :)
> about latency in Mauritius ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeaGoEp2POQ
> ). Bufferbloat is a minor part of the problem from a local perspective.
> However, it is a part which a home user can fix.
>
>
And also ISPs can fix by shipping with fq_codel enabled by default on their
CPE.
Also, the need to fix the DSLAM/GPON as well. Also, the routing to reduce
the Round-trip time.
> In the video you mentioned that Amazon and Google could set up datacenters
> in Mauritius at a reasonable price if the latency problem is fixed. Are
> you sure that latency is the problem?
>
>
Yep. Latency to the US is one of the huge factors, aside from bandwidth.
The other factors are also price of setting up and running a datacenter in
a tropical island like ours.
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
Received on Fri Oct 02 2015 - 17:40:41 PST