A new submarine cable for the Cook Islands: But to where?
Guest Post: The Cook Islands is set to receive its first submarine cable — but which international connectivity option serves the island economy best?
Tag: satellites
Satellite still a necessity for many Pacific Islands
Guest Post: Satellite connectivity is still a necessity for many islands in the Pacific with new technologies making them more relevant.
GEO vs MEO: which satellite solution works best?
Guest Post: Researchers at the University of Auckland are simulating and measuring the bandwidth capacity of medium earth orbit and geostationary satellites, the results of which may surprise.
Striking a balance between bufferbloat and TCP queue oscillation
Guest Post: Does your satellite link have the right amount of queue capacity configured? If not, it may be suffering from bufferbloat.
Should I allow UDP over my satellite link?
Guest Post: Could UDP possibly be worse than small TCP flows? Could TCP be its own worst enemy?
Three of the best: Geoff Huston
Here are your top three Geoff Huston blog posts from 2017.
APNIC 44: Examining satellite communication
Jon Brewer and Ulrich Speidel present two informative and futuristic talks about satellite communication at APNIC 44.
Cook Islands Internet set to get a whole lot faster
Connecting to the Manatua Polynesian Cable will greatly improve the Cook Islands Internet service availability, latency and capacity in the coming years.
Look up!
Geoff Huston examines the potential of new satellite Internet projects that promise to offer high-speed, low-cost Internet services to rival fibre.
Life on an Internet Satellite Link
How do shared satellite Internet links affect TCP connections?