The map reveals some significant differences in international bandwidth on the continent. Morocco and the Seychelles have by far the most available kilobits per person (805 and 517 respectively). Egypt, Sudan and many of the nations on the Atlantic coast of Africa have a relatively high number of available kilobits per person (although all are still extremely low by international standards). East Africa and much of the interior have especially low levels of available bandwidth (although this may soon change with the arrival of new fibre-optic cables last summer).
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June 07, 2010
International Internet Bandwidth in Africa
Following on from the post on international internet bandwidth, we decided to take a closer look at the African continent.
The map reveals some significant differences in international bandwidth on the continent. Morocco and the Seychelles have by far the most available kilobits per person (805 and 517 respectively). Egypt, Sudan and many of the nations on the Atlantic coast of Africa have a relatively high number of available kilobits per person (although all are still extremely low by international standards). East Africa and much of the interior have especially low levels of available bandwidth (although this may soon change with the arrival of new fibre-optic cables last summer).
The map reveals some significant differences in international bandwidth on the continent. Morocco and the Seychelles have by far the most available kilobits per person (805 and 517 respectively). Egypt, Sudan and many of the nations on the Atlantic coast of Africa have a relatively high number of available kilobits per person (although all are still extremely low by international standards). East Africa and much of the interior have especially low levels of available bandwidth (although this may soon change with the arrival of new fibre-optic cables last summer).
June 03, 2010
International Internet Bandwith
Today's map displays international internet bandwidth globally. "International bandwidth" is another way of referring to the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. These data are kindly made available from the World Bank's new open data initiative.
Like most other geographies of Internet-related data, the patterns in this map are highly uneven. Countries in northern Europe generally have the most available kilobits per person. The Netherlands has 78kb per person, Sweden 50kb, and the UK 40kb. A number of micro-states and small nations also score highly on this measure: Hong Kong (not displayed on the map) has 315kb per person, Singapore has 23kb, Antigua and Barbuda has 17kb and Panama has 16kb. Surprisingly, the United States has fewer available kilobits per person than any of these countries (11kb).
At the other end of the scale, there is a long-tail of countries in Africa, Asia and South America that have less than 1kb per person. Guinea, for instance, has only 0.21 bits (0.00021kb) per person (our next post will focus specifically on bandwidth in Africa).
Like most other geographies of Internet-related data, the patterns in this map are highly uneven. Countries in northern Europe generally have the most available kilobits per person. The Netherlands has 78kb per person, Sweden 50kb, and the UK 40kb. A number of micro-states and small nations also score highly on this measure: Hong Kong (not displayed on the map) has 315kb per person, Singapore has 23kb, Antigua and Barbuda has 17kb and Panama has 16kb. Surprisingly, the United States has fewer available kilobits per person than any of these countries (11kb).At the other end of the scale, there is a long-tail of countries in Africa, Asia and South America that have less than 1kb per person. Guinea, for instance, has only 0.21 bits (0.00021kb) per person (our next post will focus specifically on bandwidth in Africa).
These data seem to mirror the geographies of content at the global scale, a topic we plan on exploring in much more detail in a future paper.
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