A Review of the Siyakhula Living Lab’s Network Solution for Internet in Poor Communities

Muchatibaya, Hilbert; Terzoli, Alfredo; Dlodlo, Nomusa

Title: A Review of the Siyakhula Living Lab’s Network Solution for Internet in Poor Communities
Creator: Muchatibaya, Hilbert
Creator: Terzoli, Alfredo
Creator: Dlodlo, Nomusa
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2021
Date: 2021
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/474279
Identifier: vital:77698
Identifier: xlink:href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9577006"
Description: Changes within ICT over the past decade required a review of the network solution deployed in the Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL), a joint venture between the Universities of Fort Hare and Rhodes, focused on finding blueprints for sustainable e-infrastructure in poor communities. The review found that the topology used in the SLL’s network is still viable but WiMAX is now outdated. Also, the in-network cache, Squid, is no longer effective, given the switch to HTTPS, the strong presence of advertising, and the data weight of current web pages. The solution to the first issue is outdoor Wi-Fi, a proven solution easily deployable in grass-roots fashion. The second issue can be cured leveraging Squid’s ‘bumping’ and splicing features; deploying a browser extension to make picture download optional; and using Pi-hole, a DNS sinkhole. Hopefully, the revised solution could become a component of South African Government’s broadband plan, “SA Connect”.
Format: computer
Format: online resource
Format: application/pdf
Format: 1 online resource (7 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: IST Africa Conference
Language: English
Relation: IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa)
Relation: Muchatibaya, H., Terzoli, A. and Dlodlo, N., 2021, May. A Review of the Siyakhula Living Lab’s Network Solution for Internet in Poor Communities. In 2021 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa) (pp. 1-7). IEEE
Relation: IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa) volume 2021 p. 1 2021 2576-859X
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