[kictanet] [ke-internetusers] RE: CCK (NOT) Preaching Wine & Drinking Water
John Walubengo
jwalu at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 5 15:40:51 EAT 2007
Victor, lets discuss my pension when am closer to 50...but
it looks like u didnt get my earlier rejoinder on the same,
of which I now copy below.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~begins~~~~~
Michuki et al,
I think my pension is safe...review the url closely, it
looks like i was talking about ccc.go.ke rather than
ccK.go.ke. Phew!
walu.
nb: MoU re-enacted? Otherwise I agree if that is the cck
position, then it needs to be reviewed so that they lead by
example.
> So I am willing to bet my pension that ccc.go.ke is on
> kenyan soil.
> I think you just lost your pension Walu :) ... but maybe
> we can invest
> it in a collocation/data center facility and make you the
> CEO :)
--- vkyalo <vkyalo at kenet.or.ke> wrote:
> Walu, though you bet your pension is there any?
>
> Victor
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
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> On Behalf
> Of Michuki Mwangi
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:28 AM
> To: vkyalo at kenet.or.ke
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions;
> ke-internetusers at bdix.net
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] CCK (NOT) Preaching Wine &
> Drinking Water
>
>
>
> John Walubengo wrote:
> > Michuki can correct us if we are wrong...but my
> > understanding is that ALL .KE (i.e. including
> ccc.go.KE)
> > would sit in the kenyan domain or name space...
> >
>
> This is the case, hence the domain name resolution
> process for any
> domain name in the .ke, .com and .net is done locally at
> the KIXP.
>
> > So I am thinking Yawes Traceroute interpratation is
> wrong.
>
> Yawes traceroute is right, the website is actually hosted
> on a server
> sitting in the US (not the UK as per the IP resource
> allocation). And
> the interesting part is that the server bears a hostname
> .ke meaning
> that its a local organization that has provided the
> solution/package.
>
> > Probably, he would have said that from where he is
> sitting
> > (assuming his desktop in Kenya) his traffic had to go
> out
> > of the country and then back in, before it landed on
> the
> > CCK website. Which is very possible depending on how
> his
> > ISP has routed his traffic _ particularly if the ISP is
> not
> > connected through our KIXP (Kenya Internet exchange
> point).
>
> That is usually the scenario when one is not peering at
> the KIXP. But in
> this case, the hosting is actually being done in a data
> center in the US.
>
>
> > So I am willing to bet my pension that ccc.go.ke is on
> > kenyan soil.
> >
>
> I think you just lost your pension Walu :) ... but maybe
> we can invest
> it in a collocation/data center facility and make you the
> CEO :)
>
> On serious note there is a dire critical need for cheap
> colo in this region.
>
>
> --
> Michuki Mwangi
> KENIC
>
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