[kictanet] [EANOG] [Skunkworks] The East Africa Internet Exchange Point-- Where are we?

[Kyle Spencer]

Hi Kivuva,

I have often heard this idea and used to believe in it myself.
However, charging different rates for access to different content
would violate net neutrality and, in the long term, do more harm to
the Internet ecosystem than good.

Regards,
Kyle Spencer


On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> As an internet user footing the bill through my wallet, I'm not only
> interested with the speed of access, but also the pricing. I think
> local content and peering will make more sense when ISPs start
> charging different (meaning cheaper) rates for traffic destined to
> local hosts. This will also spur growth of hosting infrastructure,
> growth of applications, and bring local content hosted abroad back
> home. This is the same model Safaricom uses for voice calls, with
> calls across networks charged a little bit higher than calls in
> Safaricom network. So if local data peering at KIXP is charged cheaper
> than international data, it will make a lot of sense. Charging the
> same to access Safaricom.com or orange.co.ke with yahoo.com or bbc.com
> is like KQ charging the same rates from Nairobi to Hethrow and Nairobi
> to Mombasa. I believe this is the model used by most Asian content's
> ISPs with the proliferation of local based online gaming.  I believe
> experts of IXP like Brian Longwe and Michuki can attest to this.
>
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> On 23/07/2012, Stan Ngure <stanngure at gmail.com> wrote:
>> @ Kyle, the demand is there.
>>
>> The content is there in as much is doesn't compare to Japan or China.
>>
>> In my organization we are trying to publish services within the EA region
>> but the access experiences are as varied as peers of the ISPs. You always
>> hope the client is using a 'good' ISP.
>>
>>
>> And we are just one company, in a few years it will be many. Why should ISP
>> in EA first peer to Europe or SA for local destinations.
>>
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