Re: Netflix available in Mauritius

From: Loganaden Velvindron <logan_at_afrinic.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:50:58 +0400

On 1/7/16 11:32 AM, Sun wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is great news. But is it really?
>
> Two features of interest come to mind with this announcement :
>
> 1. Internet Speeds in Mauritius
> 2. Download capping in Mauritius imposed by ISPs
>
> *Internet Speeds in Mauritius*
> *
> *
> Many users still do not have a fibre connection, myself for example. I
> am stuck with a 512k internet connection. It would be interesting to
> know what is the minimum requirement to stream on Netflix from
> Mauritius. I will test that today.
>
> *Download capping in Mauritius imposed by ISPs*
>
> For the lucky ones whose geographical location grant them access to
> Myt LaFibre, we should not forget that there are very strict capping.
> Around 75GB for 10mbps I believe. Usage of streaming services such as
> Netflix will hit their download limit very hard I believe (it is
> mostly video content after all). I wonder if these users will still
> be able to enjoy streaming for more than a few days even if they have
> access to fibre connections?
>
> Regards,
>

I was in Congo, and the latency was varying from 90ms to 200ms. Skype &
signal were much more fluid than Mauritius.

As you said, our Internet is slow with 400ms to twitter. ISPs should be
giving us low latency Internet in Mauritius !
Received on Thu Jan 07 2016 - 07:38:00 PST