June 2024 | Here's what's happened in the last month.

Latency is the biggest limiting factor when it comes to Internet quality of experience. Bringing content closer to end users improves latency and reduces reliance on expensive Internet transit links, making the Internet more affordable.

The Internet Society has set a goal of having 50% local traffic in selected economies by 2025. Measuring local traffic in a country is a crucial step in achieving this target.

To address this, the Pulse team, including one of our 2024 Pulse Research Fellows, has been developing a suite of new products to measure and display what percentage of each country’s most popular Internet websites is stored on servers in the country or abroad. You can view a simplified version of this measurement for every country via the Pulse Country Reports (Figure 1).

In the coming months, we will introduce additional features so you can compare your country’s traffic locality to others and understand which content delivery networks (CDNs) serve the largest percentage of each country’s most popular content.

Until then, read our 2024 Pulse Research Fellow’s post outlining the measurement project, check out our methodology, and share your thoughts and questions via pulse@isoc.org.

• Botswana is Back!
• How Isolated is the Russian Internet? Consequences of the war in Ukraine
• A Human Right to the Internet Hasn’t Stopped Internet Shutdowns. It’s Time to Take it to Court
• Infrastructure is Only One Piece of the Internet Resilience Puzzle in Malaysia
• Mapping How Autocrats Retain Control Over Internet Infrastructure
• Measuring Internet Traffic Locality First Step Towards 50/50 Vision
• Where Are Your Country’s Most Popular Websites Hosted?
• A Hop Away From Everywhere — Long-haul Links in Today’s Internet
• The Internet Stays on in Kenya
• Kenya Internet Disrupted Amidst Protests
• Which Country Will be the Next to Reach 50% IPv6 Capability?

Have a story or research to share? Email us pulse@isoc.org

• India, 18-24 June: Authorities in the Balasore municipality of Odisha oredered for Internet ervices to be suspended following community violence.
• Algeria, 9—13 June: Internet services were blocked for three hours on the five mornings of Baccalaureate exam days.
• Syria, 26 May — Ongoing: Syria is experiencing a series of short (5 hour) Internet shutdowns  on the mornings of national high school exam days.
• Iraq, 21 May — Ongoing: Iraq is experiencing a series of short (2 hour) Internet shutdowns  on the mornings of national high school exam days.
• Sudan, 2 Feb— Ongoing: Ongoing conflict continue to hamper Internet services.
• Palestine, 7 Oct—Ongoing: Internet services continue to be hampered by ongoing conflict and power outages.
• India, 26 Sep—Ongoing: Internet connectivity remains to be fully restored in all regions of Manipur.
• Ethiopia, 6 Aug—Ongoing: Internet connectivity and access to social media and messaging apps continues to be affected in the Amhara region.

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