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<DIV> <EM>I cant wait for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1241200805_0 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Kenya</SPAN> pipeline, Kenya Railways and others take the same<BR> approach. The more cable we have the lower the access costs.<BR></EM></DIV>
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<DIV>KPC was actually granted an interim license in 2004!</DIV>
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<DIV>Rgrds,</DIV>
<DIV>Shem</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon)<BR>Senior Advisor<BR>Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services<BR>Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Juba<BR>Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner<BR>AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient</DIV>
<DIV>Father of Internet in Kenya (2000 - CSK)<BR>Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-734-137371<BR>Skype: shem.ochuodho<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 5/1/09, Michuki Mwangi <I><michuki@swiftkenya.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com><BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 5 of 10- Criticical Internet Resources, IXPs and NOFB<BR>To: "Shem Ochuodho" <shemochuodho@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 1:47 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Hi Walu, et al,<BR><BR>The KIXP has had a great impact in Internet scene in Kenya.<BR>There are currently 27 peering members with aggregate traffic during<BR>peak times averaging 45mbps.<BR><BR>Question: is this optimal?<BR><BR>I would say that this is not optimal utilization in view of the overall<BR>total transit (whats not passing at KIXP) capacity in Kenya. Therefore<BR>as you rightfully put it the greater percentage of our traffic is<BR>International<BR><BR>Whats its use then?;<BR><BR>Well for a start, this year i have to make my annual returns online and<BR>its pretty fast from my home connection. The Safaricom IPO had similar<BR>experiences. Most importantly is the ability to create a stable local<BR>internet infrastructure. It means that life can go on, should the<BR>satellites and cables go down (and they will).<BR><BR>Whats missing;<BR><BR>There are some missing items, as mentioned in previous emails which
are<BR>dependencies.<BR><BR>1) With increased penetration (no of subscribers) we are bound to see<BR>this reaching 100mbs and higher - hence more affordable access for<BR>non-corporate users and more residential users online.<BR><BR>2) local content hosting - It means we need more collo facilities built.<BR>This will also attract CDNs who are keen to do edge caching and require<BR>reliable hosting services.<BR><BR>It also means that theres a market opportunity for collo hosting<BR>services which is yet to be tapped - see my previous emails.<BR><BR>3) E-government - you will be surprised to note that KRA has more<BR>traffic at the KIXP than some well known service providers. It therefore<BR>means that we need more e-government traffic<BR><BR>4) This leads to the next point of creativity on relevant content.<BR>E-government content is one, we need alot more of Free SMS website (its<BR>a pity sasanet collapsed it had considerable traffic at the
KIXP.<BR>E-learning is something that would attract home users to get online<BR>off-peak hours. Basically e-commerce as it were.<BR><BR>On this point, i find it interesting that, we have skipped web content<BR>and moved directly to mobile content. It may require that we make steps<BR>to engineer mobile content solutions to work for the web too.<BR><BR>on NFOB;<BR><BR>The Government approach must be appreciated. I was also glad to hear<BR>that now KPLC has been issued with the license to sell the extra<BR>capacity on its fiber infrastructure. Can we have more of this please.<BR><BR>I cant wait for Kenya pipeline, Kenya Railways and others take the same<BR>approach. The more cable we have the lower the access costs.<BR><BR>Can Kenya power, TKL and city/municipal councils lease out sections of<BR>their poles to fiber/cable infrastructure builders please. If we dont<BR>cease the opportunities to build the last mile in respect to telco's<BR>concerns the we
cannot achieve complete access.<BR><BR>If there alot of fiber on the ground - it will not really matter who<BR>runs it; the person who runs it will be the one who can raise the<BR>highest revenue for the investor in a highly competitive market space.<BR>All sorts of models will come up and interesting ones too.<BR><BR><BR>Walu, its not possible for such an infrastructure to replace an IXP.<BR><BR>Even if dark fiber was dirt cheap, its a logistical nightmare and<BR>financially unrealistic to maintain close to 30 connections to each<BR>provider you want to exchange (peer) traffic with. Buts its financially<BR>viable to have one connection to a single location where you connect to<BR>everyone via a layer 2 switch. In this case, you only pay for the half<BR>of your circuit to the IXP location and manage one link like everyone else.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Michuki.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet mailing list<BR><A
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