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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=953371706-03062010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Thanks alot John, Am checking this out...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> John Kariuki
[mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 03, 2010
7:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional
Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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><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
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