Scientific Measure of Africa's Connectivity

Zennaro, M. ; Canessa, E. ; Sreenivasan, K. R. ; Rehmatullah, A. A. ; Cottrell, R. L.

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

关键词: 99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Africa;    29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy;    Comparative Evaluations Computing,Comp;    Internet;   

DOI  :  10.2172/881793
RP-ID  :  SLAC-PUB-11832
RP-ID  :  AC02-76SF00515
RP-ID  :  881793

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Data on Internet performance and the analysis of its trend can be useful for decision makers and scientists alike. Such performance measurements are possible using the PingER methodology. We use the data thus obtained to quantify the difference in performance between developed and developing countries, sometimes referred to as the Digital Divide. Motivated by the recent interest of G8 countries in African development, we particularly focus on the African countries.