Comments on: Canada’s broadband quality below threshold? http://lirneasia.net/2008/09/canadas-broadband-quality-below-threshold/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Skip http://lirneasia.net/2008/09/canadas-broadband-quality-below-threshold/comment-page-1/#comment-16081 Skip Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:43:46 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2299#comment-16081 This is very interesting, as well as unbelievable. I would have thought that Canada would be ranked high in terms of broadband quality. But then again, it's great that there are tests like these so there would be some sort of standard followed the world over. This is very interesting, as well as unbelievable. I would have thought that Canada would be ranked high in terms of broadband quality. But then again, it’s great that there are tests like these so there would be some sort of standard followed the world over.

]]> By: Rohan Samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2008/09/canadas-broadband-quality-below-threshold/comment-page-1/#comment-14884 Rohan Samarajiva Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:12:32 +0000 http://lirneasia.net/?p=2299#comment-14884 "Researchers calculated a broadband quality score, or BQS, by testing download and upload speeds in each country, as well as latency, a factor that measures how instantaneously information travels over a broadband network. They found that in order to meet the demands of today's internet traffic, broadband networks need to be able to deliver steady download speeds of 3.75 megabits per second and uploads of one mbps with a latency no greater than 95 milliseconds." In this light, what does one make of the latency targets set by IDA in Singapore? Is IDA less interested in making modern services accessible on the web than in making life comfortable for SingTel and StarHub? “Researchers calculated a broadband quality score, or BQS, by testing download and upload speeds in each country, as well as latency, a factor that measures how instantaneously information travels over a broadband network. They found that in order to meet the demands of today’s internet traffic, broadband networks need to be able to deliver steady download speeds of 3.75 megabits per second and uploads of one mbps with a latency no greater than 95 milliseconds.”

In this light, what does one make of the latency targets set by IDA in Singapore? Is IDA less interested in making modern services accessible on the web than in making life comfortable for SingTel and StarHub?

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