Quantifying the need for
Improved Network Performance for S. Asia
PingER Methodology
PingER Deployment
World Measurements: Min RTT
from US
Unreachability
Losses
Jitter
VoIP & MOS
World thruput seen from US
Normalized for Details
“Development” Indices
Digital Access Index (DAI)
S. Asia Coverage
Routing
Bandwidth & Internet use
S Asia MOS & thruput
DAI vs. Thru & S. Asia
Conclusions
More information/Questions
More Slides
What is it?
Why Does it Matter
Costs compared to West
Overall (Aug 06)
UNDP Human Development Index
(HDI)
Med. & Africa vs HDI
Network Readiness Index
(NRI)