Ten years ago, on 6 June 2014, our copper Internet connection at home was replaced by fibre optics. I was thrilled as I had read that fibre optics allowed for larger bandwidths and, in fact, we got to enjoy 10 Mbit/s for the first time.
This increased speed allowed for new applications: we could watch videos more comfortably and stopped getting the infamous YouTube spinner (probably also because YouTube started having edge servers in Mauritius).
Over the years, our total Internet consumption would increase:
It doubled from 2014 to 2015 and regularly increased (except for 2019 which is an outlier) to stabilise in 2022 (probably because our kids left Mauritius for their higher studies).
From our 10 Mbit/s in 2014, we got 20 Mbit/s on 15 October 2015, 50 Mbit/s on 16 September 2021 and we have been enjoying 100 Mbit/s at home since 19 September 2023.
These days, despite intermittent speed and connectivity issues because of damaged undersea cables, I have to admit that Internet in Mauritius works really great given that the country is so remote. Mauritius Telecom really did great.
We could have used the Internet better
Unfortunately, most people who regularly use the Internet tend to be consumers. For a country as advanced as Mauritius with an educated population enjoying a relatively high standard of living, only a few create original content. I would love to see more artists, more musicians, more YouTubers, etc.
I do contribute from time to time with this family blog (noulakaz.net), my personal blog (avinashmeetoo.com), my own music (avinashmeetoo.com/music) and our website on Mauritian elections (electionsmauritius.com).
I would love to see more Political blogs (with a capital “P”, talking about the future of the country, instead of a small “p”, the politicians).
Who’s interested?
