[kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet ExchangePoint (RIXP)

[Harry Delano]

Thanks McTim,

Let's see how this works out, as stakeholders stake out stakes
in the upcoming forum.

Regards,
Harry 

-----Original Message-----
From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 11:57 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet
ExchangePoint (RIXP)

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
>
> Thanks Brian, for the clarification and the graph..

yes, it's good to know, am not shocked that it seems to avg out at 56kbps
symmetrical.  For a dozen ISPs, that is truly small. Take a look at the 8
peers at UIXP for comparison:
http://stats.uixp.co.ug/peerorder.htm  They are doing over 2.5 Mbps on that
peering fabric.

>
> I suppose, since we now have some OFC, interconnectivity already to 
> some degree,

This is the key thing, not only do we have cross border fiber, but we have
the rise of a regional carrier.  This was one of the goals of a regional IXP
project.  Would be nice to have more than one at some point, but one has to
start somewhere.

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Cheers,

McTim
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