[kictanet] IP Specific access denial

[Michuki Mwangi]

On 11/6/12 2:49 PM, Muchiri Nyaggah wrote:
> I noticed a few months ago I couldn't watch Jon Stewart's The Daily Show
> anymore either for the same reason. This is fairly common for commercial
> content. Some content providers who get charged for the amount of
> bandwidth they serve out over IP networks prefer to spend that bandwidth
> on markets they can actually monetize. 
>

+1.

In addition, (using BBC as an example) if you look at the BBC peering
page  - http://support.bbc.co.uk/support/peering/

You will see that some content providers consider their content to be
localized - meaning intended for local consumption.

In such a case, the content provider may wish to deliver its traffic via
peering arrangements and not transit (which is expensive especially for
video content due to high bandwidth requirements).

Therefore if KBC wanted to broadcast its content online all they would
need to do is have a connection at the local IXP (KIXP) and it is
accessible by anyone within the peering networks in Kenya and East
Africa as whole. Any attempt to reach the content via a non-peering
network would result in a failure similar to what you have experienced.

The other issue is has to do with the legal and regulatory conformity of
the content to laws outside the target market.


Regards,

Michuki.