<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><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><harry@comtelsys.co.ke></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke><BR>Subject: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<BR>To: ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk<BR>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Date: Wednesday, 2 June, 2010, 20:39<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Listers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have noticed, that while all laudable efforts in speeding up our broadband connectivity to the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>rest of the world hits top gear, saddeningly regional local interconnectivity lags </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>behind. Why </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>is this so...?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For instance reaching a branch office located in Tanzania from their Kenya HQ office,or vice </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>versa means traffic transits out from our cyberspace to some international exchange point</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>somwhere in London, hits the return trip back via some other Link to Dar. This especially</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>affects VOIP connectivity and quality, between interconnected offices, and other services</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>that rely on good QOS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This, especially while we are working on the economic, Social, and perhaps Political </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>intergration of the Comesa block seems to fly in the face of the major milestones that have</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>been achieved in the Telecommunication sectors of the member countries, and I strongly</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>suggest the industry addresses this urgently. We need a Regional Internet Exchange point </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>set up. Perhaps name it COMESA-IXP or something</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>. But one thing is clear; the more we</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>each send traffic destined locally on a roundtrip to Europe or elsewhere and back, means</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>we incur huge transiting costs in the process, which dollars that we export out should be</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>be used to expand and develop our local & Regional interconnection capacity..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think, this is an issue worth being addressed and I'd be interested to discuss this more</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial>with anyone interested to drive this forward. Anyone..?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=265230719-02062010></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>R<SPAN class=265230719-02062010>egards,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=265230719-02062010></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=265230719-02062010>Harry</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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