Analysis of WWW traffic in Cambodia and Ghana
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on World Wide Web
Long-distance 802.11b links: performance measurements and experience
Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Beyond pilots: keeping rural wireless networks alive
NSDI'08 Proceedings of the 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
Measurement and Analysis of Autonomous Spreading Malware in a University Environment
DIMVA '07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment
Deploying Rural Community Wireless Mesh Networks
IEEE Internet Computing
SS'08 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Security symposium
RuralCafe: web search in the rural developing world
Proceedings of the 18th international conference on World wide web
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Internet usage and performance analysis of a rural wireless network in Macha, Zambia
Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions
Exploiting locality of interest in online social networks
Proceedings of the 6th International COnference
Understanding Internet traffic streams: dragonflies and tortoises
IEEE Communications Magazine
Computer viruses in urban Indian telecenters: characterizing an unsolved problem
NSDR '11 Proceedings of the 5th ACM workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
Gotta catch 'em all!: innoculous: enabling epidemiology of computer viruses in the developing world
NSDR '11 Proceedings of the 5th ACM workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
VillageShare: facilitating content generation and sharing in rural networks
Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development
VillageCell: cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Network traffic locality in a rural African village
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Making it "pay a bit better": design challenges for micro rural enterprise
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
Kwaabana: file sharing for rural networks
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
The increased bandwidth fallacy: performance and usage in rural Zambia
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
FlashPatch: spreading software updates over flash drives in under-connected regions
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
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While Internet connectivity has reached a significant part of the world's population, those living in rural areas of the developing world are still largely disconnected. Recent efforts have provided Internet connectivity to a growing number of remote locations, yet Internet traffic demands cause many of these networks to fail to deliver basic quality of service needed for simple applications. For an in-depth investigation of the problem, we gather and analyze network traces from a rural wireless network in Macha, Zambia. We supplement our analysis with on-site interviews from Macha, Zambia and Dwesa, South Africa, another rural community that hosts a local wireless network. The results reveal that Internet traffic in rural Africa differs significantly from the developed world. We observe dominance of web-based traffic, as opposed to peer-to-peer traffic common in urban areas. Application-wise, online social networks are the most popular, while the majority of bandwidth is consumed by large operating system updates. Our analysis also uncovers numerous network anomalies, such as significant malware traffic. Finally, we find a strong feedback loop between network performance and user behavior. Based on our findings, we conclude with a discussion of new directions in network design that take into account both technical and social factors.