Broadband penetration is increasing in South Africa, particularly on mobile devices, but little
is known about the performance of fixed or mobile broadband in the country. This lack of …

Bandwidth caps, a limit on the amount of data users can upload and download in a month,
are common globally for both home and mobile Internet access. With caps, each bit of data …

We present the first empirical study of home network availability, infrastructure, and usage,
using data collected from home networks around the world. In each home, we deploy a …

The Internet is evolving from a system of connections between humans and machines to a
new paradigm of social connection. However, it is still dominated by a hub and spoke …

Mobile broadband since its adoption in Africa has been able to deliver both social and
economical dividends to the African people. The increased migration to mobile broadband …

Internet security and Quality of Experience (QoE) are two antagonistic concepts that the
research community has been attempting to reconcile. Internet security has of late received …

We explore the limitations of existing caching mechanisms in slow networks and propose a
new model of web caching designed for developing regions called interactive caching …

As information technology supports more aspects of modern life, digital access has become
an important tool for developing regions to lift themselves from poverty. Though broadband …

While computers and Internet access have growing penetration amongst schools in the
developing world, intermittent connectivity and limited bandwidth often prevent them from …

Research on Internet usage in developing regions typically focuses on user demographics
or challenges to usage. However, few studies explore the needs and desires of users in …