The Importance of Strong Technical Communities and Partnerships in Africa
The recent outage in West Africa caused by submarine cable damage could have been a lot worse. A strong community ensured it wasn’t.
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Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa
For many in the African region, Internet interruptions or service degradations occur frequently, which results in a disjointed Internet experience. In order to help improve this experience, we need to ...
Internet Insights – On Track for Launch
Things might have seemed quiet on our Measuring the Internet activities for the last few weeks, but lots of work has been taking place behind the scenes to ensure that ...
Pandemic Accelerates Loss of Internet Freedoms
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused more than one million deaths worldwide, but it is also accelerating a decline in Internet freedoms across the globe, according to a new ...
Measuring the Internet – Mid Year Project Update
Here at the Internet Society, we believe that the Internet is for everyone. Our work centers on increasing the Internet’s reach, reliability and resilience, as well as ensuring that the ...
A Partnership to Improve Africa’s Internet Infrastructure Resilience and Reliability
Last week, we announced an expanded partnership with AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for the African region. On Friday, 24 July, Eddy Kayihura, Chief Executive Officer at AFRINIC, and I, ...
Holding Steady: How CDNs, IXPs, and Network Providers Help Keep us Online
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is, unfortunately, far from over, the Internet continues to be resilient, supporting the additional demands that we have placed on it, including the rapid growth in ...
How Has COVID-19 Impacted Last Mile Networks?
If your household is anything like mine, your Internet connection has experienced a significant increase in usage over these last several months. We’re streaming more and more media each day, ...
