Not the country, but the programme created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. As the EFF website notes,
Developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets.
The raison d’etre of Switzerland is explained in this document, though the programme is far too geeky to be of any use to the majority of consumers. However, Switzerland seems to have beaten Google in providing tools to keep tabs on their ISPs.
I wonder whether the integration of Switzerland (or comparable tool) to check for network neutrality / interference by ISPs in Sri Lanka would be useful to incorporate in the next iteration of Lirneasia’s Ashoka-Tissa broadband Quality of Service testing.
I have repeatedly heard that some leading ISPs in Sri Lanka who promote WiMax and their own VoIP telephony heavily are throttling torrents and Skype VoIP, but there’s no way to debunk or prove these allegations unless serious third party testing takes place.
Any takers?
Peace Direct’s Insight on Conflict has a great Google Map with details of peacebuilding initiatives at the grassroots in Sri Lanka. I first wrote about Insight on Conflict around two years ago (Introducing Buddhist monks to non-violence…) and it’s great to see how their web presence has evolved to now embrace tools like Google Maps to support awareness of grassroots peacebuilding initiatives.
This map complements their entry on Sri Lanka.
I understand that they are in the throes of a major upgrade to their website and look forward to the new version leveraging even more the potential of new media to support initiatives that so often go under the radar and yet do work that is vital to peacebuilding and reconciliation.
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