Vizualise African connectivity to the Internet

Le groupe de dissémination de la science (Science Dissemination Unit - SDU) du Centre international de physique théorique de Trieste (Italie) vient de finir une vidéo qui montre la performance de l'accès des universités africaines à Internet. Le bas débit et principalement l'irrégularité des connexions est étonnante. Voici les commentaires d'Enrique Canessa, du SDU, et la vidéo correspondante (46"):

Dear Colleagues,

We just completed the (first-ever) "Internet Weather"-like video that shows network performance measured from Trieste, Italy to African Universities for the one year period April 2007 to March 2008. These measurements are made by the international PingER project and provide strong evidence of the extent of the Digital Divide.

We hope this information will be useful for your discussions and research aiming to increase awareness on the digital and knowledege divide world-wide. So, could you please inform your collegues, friends, policy makers, etc about this 46 secs. open video on the web.

Cordially yours,
E. Canessa
The SDU Team