On March 20, 2025, a massive failure occurred in the operation of communication operators and Internet services across Russia, leaving users frustrated and disconnected. Reports show that numerous internet providers, including Rostelecom, MTS, Megafon, and Beeline, struggled to maintain services, impacting access to vital websites such as Google, VKontakte, and government services like Gosuslugi. This […]
Edge computing promises lower latency by reducing the distance data must travel to be processed. However, fiber optic cables transmit data at approximately 200 km/ms. A data center 100 km away adds just 1 ms to the response time. Current 5G networks typically have latencies of 30–40 ms, with the very best private networks achieving about […]
At 09:30:15 UTC on Tuesday, 18 March, APNIC signed a new Route Origin Authorization (ROA) for a country that had never had one before: North Korea. However, as was first reported by the North Korean Internet blog, there was a problem. The new ROA specified a maximum prefix length of 22, shorter than the four /24 routes originated by […]
More than half of both the IPv4 routes and the IPv6 routes in the BGP internet routing system are now secured with RPKI. Even more importantly, three quarters of all IP traffic is now bound for RPKI-secured destinations. Those are amongst the key takeaways from the annual survey by internet engineer Job Snijders. VIA SIDN […]
Digital blackouts reached a record high in 2024 in Africa as more governments sought to keep millions of citizens off the internet than in any other period over the last decade. A report released by the internet rights group Access Now and #KeepItOn, a coalition of hundreds of civil society organisations worldwide, found there were 21 shutdowns […]
South Africa’s biggest Internet exchange point (IXP), NAPAfrica, exceeded data throughput of five terabits-per-second (Tbps) this past week. The IXP has shown marked growth over the past decade, reaching 100Gbps in 2016, 500Gbps in 2018, 1Tbps in 2020, 2Tbps in 2022, 3Tbps in 2023, and 4Tbps in 2024. When it launched in 2012, it began […]
One of the most significant networking enhancements in StarlingX 10.0 is the addition of IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, addressing a critical challenge faced by network operators. While IPv6 was originally intended to replace IPv4, this transition remains incomplete, requiring platforms to support both protocols simultaneously in production environments. VIA Network World Track global IPv6 adoption via […]
Three Mozambican civil society organizations submitted a complaint on Wednesday 18th, seeking accountability and reparations from telecommunications operators for the recent internet shutdown during post-election protests. This joint action involves the CDD, the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), and the Civil Society Learning and Capacity Building Center (CESC). In November, these organizations had already filed […]
Russia restricted foreign internet access across several regions over the weekend to test its national infrastructure. Residents of the affected regions couldn’t access both foreign and local apps, including the likes of YouTube (one of the last Western social media platforms still available in Russia), Google, WhatsApp, and Telegram – The Record reported. As per […]
