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Re: [ericas] Examples of Internet protocols not working well in emergent regions

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@nomountain.net> Mon, 29 April 2013 02:24 UTC

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On 4/28/13 6:00 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> So I for one am very interested in the nitty-gritty details as they
> appear in different places.

Frankly the most pressing problems in the villages seem to be
around remote device management, less of a protocol problem
than a product problem.  As far as delay it seems like people
have found a way to negotiate that, but packet loss (particularly
during weather events) can have considerable impact.

Melinda

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