brucellino
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4 years ago Best to consult AfricNic , the naming authority for Africa
As for network weather, Akamai has a good resource : https://www.akamai.com/us/en/resources/visualizing-akamai/
Cloud Flare recently published their observations of the increase in traffic - https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-recent-changes-in-internet-traffic/
They observe about a 20% average rise. If this is within the capacity of our networks, there won't be any observable effect - this will depend highly on the individual service provider capacity though.
This is for internet traffic.
Research traffic is monitored by the respective NRENs or regional networks. For example, South African research traffic - https://perf-cm.sanren.ac.za/maddash-webui/index.cgi
It's best to get in touch with the national networks. They are co-ordinated as follows:
Region | Regional Network | URL -----------+------------------------+-------- Southern and Eastern Africa | UbuntuNet Alliance | https://ubuntunet.net/ Western and Central Africa | WACREN | https://wacren.net/ Arab States and Northern Africa | ASREN | http://www.asrenorg.net/
… is already affected.
List of providers: http://www.africa-internet.com/en/
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