[kictanet] KIXP reaches 1Gbps of traffic

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Sat Jul 16 19:07:45 EAT 2011


On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mich,
>
> I like ;-)
>

+1



>
> But as Francis says, plse put it in perspective by comparing with the
> previous years (or give us the url for the graphs we do the comparisons
> ourselves).


>
> Also, throw in the ratio between Local vs International traffic over the
> years since 1G local traffic is good but compared to 20G International
> traffic (CCK May2011 report?) may imply we might still have some time to go.



Well then your ratio is 20:1, no?

KIXP probably doesn't collect data on international traffic, as that doesn't
go over their switch.




> In layman terms this means that we are Net IMPORTERS of content and EXPORT
> very little content.


As are most countries.



>  Put differently very few chaps out there are interested in our content
> down here (coz it doesnt exist - even our very own trace route to
> nation.co.ke hosts abroad...)


> ...a good target would be to work towards 50:50 ratio of local to
> international traffic or 20G local and 20G international...all the said and
> done.



Did you just pull these numbers out of your hat?  Why would we want to keep
int'l traffic at current levels?


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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