Hi Fiona,<br><br>While all of what you have said is true, the only uptime that you can monitor from KIXP (based on how I originally designed it) is uptime for operators/providers/members on their link to KIXP. In other words, there is now way of determining if their upstream/international connectivity is working or not.<br>
<br>I believe that the initiator of this thread might have been referring to 'external' internet access as opposed to 'local' internet access.<br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Fiona Asonga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tespok@tespok.co.ke">tespok@tespok.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hallo Conrad,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya
set up, runs and manages the Kenya Internet Exchange Point as one of the many
services it provides to operators. At the Kenya Internet Exchange Point we are
able to </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Monitor the levels of local internet traffic from connected members,
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Monitor downtime </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Can generate reports of how long a particular operator was down
and whether the down time is as a result of equipment at the IXP or other
operator location (Downtime of an operator at the KIXP implies that the local
internet traffic is going out as international traffic then back into the
country therefore some delay)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Monitor user behavior in terms of what users are doing online
locally and periods when local internet is most used</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We also provide shared value add services to peering members that
translate to a better experience for the consumer such as</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Training members’ technical staff on new peering standards
and international best practices (We have a hands on training kit from one of
our partners to facilitate this)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We have recently introduced shared online security
monitoring tools for all peering members courtesy of a renown global online
security experts</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Peering members get global recognition to enable them peer
directly to other IXPs such as London and Amsterdam</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span>·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We also house the .ke, .net, .com, J-root, F-root and I-root
servers or mirror instances</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We currently have 28 operators, government departments running
key services online that require access by the general public and the Academic
network are connected at the KIXP.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You may contact me if you have any specific queries you may need
answered.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Kind Regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fiona Asonga<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chief Executive Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kenya Internet Exchange Point</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">14<sup>th</sup> Floor, Bruce House</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Standard Street</p><div class="im">
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: +254 20 2245 036</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">“Industry
voice in Telecommunications, Providing Policy and Direction </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">within the Industry
and Government”</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
kictanet-bounces+tespok=<a href="http://tespok.co.ke" target="_blank">tespok.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Btespok" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+tespok</a>=<a href="http://tespok.co.ke" target="_blank">tespok.co.ke</a>@<a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rad!<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:34 PM<div class="im"><br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tespok@tespok.co.ke" target="_blank">tespok@tespok.co.ke</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
</div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Internet Outage Tuesday Oct-13-2009</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Come to think of it, is there
some government body or other such entity, public or otherwise, that monitors
this sort of thing? Internet uptime and connectivity is pretty much a national
resource now -- disrupting the internet or the mobile telephone networks will definitely
have an impact on the country and economy. Is there anyone monitoring this?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Odhiambo Washington <<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Fiona Asonga <<a href="mailto:tespok@tespok.co.ke" target="_blank">tespok@tespok.co.ke</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hallo Mwangi,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I am not sure where you got your
information from but based on monitoring tools statistics at the Kenya
Internet Exchange Point none of the service providers you have listed had any
problems. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Fiona,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last night, while connected via Safaricom 3G, and working on
a server hosted at KDN by one of the providers, I lost connection to that
server at around 10-ish and could not even ping it, though it was and still is
UP so there's some credibility to the allegation. </p>
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