A few years ago, under the EARPTO, we (TESPOK & AfrISPA) initiated a pilot EAC Regional Internet Exchange Carrier programme. Under this programme, the Tanzanian ISP - Simbanet came out tops in the RFP. They then deployed sat-based infrastructure linking KIXP and TIXP, but had some challenges getting UIXP online. <br>
<br>They managed to get about 7 ISPs in TZ and about 4 in Kenya to connect to their infrastructure. Within a few weeks of this, the setup was shifting 10Gb a week! - keeping it off the member ISPs expensive international links.<br>
<br>This was clear evidence of the need for such a service. It is my hope that with the ongoing rollout of regional fiber optics we will see one or more carriers who take up this opportunity to provide inter-ixp transit to keep "regional traffic regional" just the way the IXPs keep "local traffic local"<br>
<br>Best regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:06 AM, John Kariuki <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>There is a project called "EAC-BIN" under "Connect Africa Initiative". I would suggest you search the two in the web for more details.</div>
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<div>John Kariuki<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 2/6/10, Harry Delano <i><<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><br>From: Harry Delano <<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>><br>Subject: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
Date: Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, 20:39<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br>
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<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">Listers,</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">I have noticed, that while all laudable efforts in speeding up our broadband connectivity to the</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">rest of the world hits top gear, saddeningly regional local interconnectivity lags </font></span><span><font face="Arial" size="2">behind. Why </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">is this so...?</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">For instance reaching a branch office located in Tanzania from their Kenya HQ office,or vice </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">versa means traffic transits out from our cyberspace to some international exchange point</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">somwhere in London, hits the return trip back via some other Link to Dar. This especially</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">affects VOIP connectivity and quality, between interconnected offices, and other services</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">that rely on good QOS.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">This, especially while we are working on the economic, Social, and perhaps Political </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">intergration of the Comesa block seems to fly in the face of the major milestones that have</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">been achieved in the Telecommunication sectors of the member countries, and I strongly</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">suggest the industry addresses this urgently. We need a Regional Internet Exchange point </font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">set up. Perhaps name it COMESA-IXP or something</font></span><span><font face="Arial" size="2">. But one thing is clear; the more we</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">each send traffic destined locally on a roundtrip to Europe or elsewhere and back, means</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">we incur huge transiting costs in the process, which dollars that we export out should be</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">be used to expand and develop our local & Regional interconnection capacity..</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">I think, this is an issue worth being addressed and I'd be interested to discuss this more</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">with anyone interested to drive this forward. Anyone..?</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div><span></span><font face="Arial"><font size="2">R<span>egards,</span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span></span></font></font> </div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>Harry</span></font></font></div></div><br></div></div>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br>
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