Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Renesys detects some two-way cable traffic

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At exactly 14:01 UTC Tuesday (09:01 local time), Renesys saw a third mode in their latency tests. In this plot, you can see the original pure-satellite mode (A), the apparent one way satellite mode we mentioned in an earlier post (B), and a third, lower mode (C) that indicates two-way cable connectivity.

It seems there is a mix of satellite, one-way cable and bi-directional cable connectivity.
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7 comments:

  1. muchasgraciasJanuary 22, 2013 at 4:05 PM

    Hi again,
    There are some news saying that Telefonica from Spain is denying to be providing internet services to Cuba.

    Reference (in Spanish):
    http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/14989-espana-telefonica-niega-estar-relacionada-con-el-cable-submarino-cubano

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  2. Larry PressJanuary 22, 2013 at 6:14 PM

    Hi MG,

    I got a note from the AP reporter who wrote that little post this morning asking me if I could explain it in light of the Renesys data. The note said not to repeat it, so I will not, but it was just three ambiguous sentence.

    I told the AP reporter that I could not be sure what it meant to say and Doug Madory from Renesys said the same, but reiterated that the data was unequivocal about Telefonica Internet service to ETECSA.

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  3. muchasgraciasJanuary 22, 2013 at 6:34 PM

    Very interesting, thanks for the updates.
    On the original post from Renesys I found the following comment, which I think makes sense:

    "(...)Renesys did not assert Telefonica had anything to do with the ALBA-1 cable itself. Just that ETECSA is using the cable to reach Telefonica service in Venezuela, where they have a significant presence.(...)"

    One off-topic comment if you do not mind: Did you learn about the case of Twitter blocking about 900 accounts from V.I.P users of "Joven Clubs" in Cuba?

    Reference:
    http://blog.cubava.cu/2013/01/11/twitter-bloquea-cuentas-de-usuarios-cubanos-por-conmemorar-un-hecho-de-gran-significacion-historica/

    P.S: Your link to Renesys' blog on this post is not working.

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  4. Larry PressJanuary 22, 2013 at 10:25 PM

    More on the Telefonica denial:

    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/telefonica-no-involvement-cuba-cable

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  5. Larry PressJanuary 26, 2013 at 5:53 AM

    MG wrote:

    > Did you learn about the case of Twitter blocking about 900 accounts from V.I.P users of "Joven Clubs" in Cuba?

    It seems like there were 41,781 tweets with the hashtag #Caravana54 in one day from the same IP address.

    If that was the case, you can see why a person or algorithm at Twitter thought it was spam.

    I sent an email to the Twitter PR department, but got no reply.

    I would be surprised if there was any sort of political intent behind this -- Twitter seems to allow a wide range of political news and views.

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  6. muchasgraciasFebruary 7, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    Hi Larry, again about Twitter and the Young Computer Club, it seems to me the political intent is clear now.

    In this post (http://blog.cubava.cu/2013/02/04/twitter-mantiene-suspendidas-mas-de-mil-cuentas-de-joven-club-y-no-les-permite-crear-nuevas) someone states that even creating new accounts with email addresses based on @jovenclub.cu is now forbidden by Twitter.

    I am not a big fan of "Cuban government evangelists", but I also think they should be allowed to express their opinion.

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  7. Larry PressFebruary 7, 2013 at 2:30 PM

    > I also think they should be allowed to express their opinion.


    I agree 100%

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