[kictanet] East African Fiber Summit

[aki]

Hello Muraya, opps sorry for that. techie habits can be bad sometimes..
:-)  Mich is a guru on such and will leave the peering comments to him.

 Comments inline below.

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Aki,
>
> Please explain what a POP is?
>


*In its simplest form, a POP is an extension of a core provider's or service
provider's network geograhpically.  Whatever the provider offers in another
country/city is available locally. There are many benefits to this for local
Service Providers. In the case of TATA, they will allow service providers to
purchase bandwidth from the Kenya PoP which will be able to benefit from the
higher speeds and direct links offered. Currently, in order for service
providers in Kenya to offer internet links to Asia or South Africa, they
needed to buy international fibre through a cable network to London, meaning
all traffic would be routed through London rather than through a more direct
route.*
**
*In addition, TATA's kenyan IP Pop will automatically offer redundant paths
for internet traffic going north towards Europe and southwards to South
Africa as well as to Asia and India over the SEACOM cable system. Should
there be a fibre cut on the route to London, for example, traffic will be
diverted through South Africa to ensure that customer services are not
disrupted*

Rgds.
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