Hosting Mobile Apps for Africa

It matters where you are. If your users are in Africa, can you really have all of your digital assets in Europe and the US?

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1. Hosting Mobile Apps for Africa It matters where you are adam@kili.io @varud Adam Nelson
2. Let’s go over some numbers … how much time does it take to reach your host for a user in Nairobi?
3. 3 milliseconds Fiber (JTL) to host in Nairobi First hop WiFi from MacBook Air (mid-2011)
4. 16 milliseconds Fiber (JTL) to host in Nairobi First hop WiFi from iPhone 4
5. 73 milliseconds 3G (Safaricom) to host in Nairobi iPhone 4 (First hop over 3G 35ms)
6. 207 milliseconds Fiber (JTL) to host in Ireland (http://www.nation.co.ke) First hop WiFi from MacBook Air (mid-2011)
7. 256 milliseconds 3G (Safaricom) to host in Ireland (http://www.nation.co.ke) iPhone 4 (First hop over 3G 47ms)
8. Average Response Times Local (laptop) Local (phone W iFi) Local (phone 3G ) Europe (laptop) Europe (3G ) 0 75 150 225 300
9. Average Response Times Local (laptop) Local (phone W iFi) Local (phone 3G ) Europe (laptop) Europe (3G ) 0 75 150 225 300 3 Year old phone on 3G 69% faster than laptop on Fiber!
10. But these are 'milli' seconds - who cares?
11. TCP Flow Control Slow Start http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/13/velocity-tcp- and-the-lower-bound-of-web-performance/
12. It’s not just 73ms vs. 207ms It’s 73ms vs 207ms for EVERY roundtrip
13. Just 285KB takes 10 round trips So now it’s 730ms vs 2,070ms (i.e. less than 1 second vs more than 2 seconds in real-world time)
14. The Nation • http://www.nation.co.ke • Hosted in Ireland • Initial page 210KB (9 round trips) • 124 requests (mostly EU hosts) • Each request requires more than 1 round trip
15. What about regulation? • Do you have health data? • Do you have financial data? • What are your duties regarding your data? • How does your regulator feel about you having Kenyan HIV patient or financial data sitting in the EU?
16. Just move the content to Africa…
17. Amazon Web Services • North America • South America • Europe • Asia • Africa
18. Digital Ocean • North America • Europe • Asia • Africa
19. Kili African infrastructure as a service
20. Send me an email adam@kili.io