Harry,<br><br>You are very welcome. I think a key point to keep in mind for this issue of regional interconnection is that based on experiences and lessons learnt from other parts of the world - namely, Europe and Southern Asia - it has been proven that regional carriers with cross-IXP connectivity are the most sustainable. This is as opposed to attempts to establish a "neutral" facility in the same way that national IXPs function.<br>
<br>In essence - the regulatory, policy and practical aspects are much easier to deal with and by creating a viable business opportunity, competition is encouraged which, in theory leads to better prices and hopefully better quality.<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Harry Delano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.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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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Esther, Brian & Muriuki,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Thanks so much for this invaluable feedback. I'm
scouring all the resources mentioned. It's so encouraging
</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>that there are already efforts underway to
</span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>address </span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>this to</span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span> get the
member countries interconnected. Hopefully,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>some sense of urgency can be injected into this to get
the project off the ground so that we can harness </span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>maximum benefits from the improved interconnectivity
within the countries, especially on Fibre.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Esther, I will email Shoukry, and will report
back..</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Regards,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><span>Harry</span></font></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Esther Wanjau
[mailto:<a href="mailto:esther_wanjau@yahoo.com" target="_blank">esther_wanjau@yahoo.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:41
AM<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a><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></div></div></font><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<div>Dear Harry,<br><br>COMESA already has a concept paper on the
RIXP. Please contact the Director of Information and Networking in
COMESA Secretariat Sherin Shoukry on <a href="mailto:shoukry@comesa.int" target="_blank">shoukry@comesa.int</a> for more
information. Also visit <a href="http://www.comesa.int" target="_blank">www.comesa.int</a> and see the progress made in
regard to IT. There you will find the reports of the IT technical
committees already held.<br><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"> </font></span></div>
<div><span> </span><br>Hope this
helps.<br><br>Esther<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/2/10, 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: Re: [kictanet]
The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<br>To:
<a href="mailto:esther_wanjau@yahoo.com" target="_blank">esther_wanjau@yahoo.com</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, June 2, 2010,
11:17 PM<br><br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Thanks alot John, Am checking this
out...</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Harry</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> John Kariuki
[mailto:<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June
03, 2010 7:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke" target="_blank">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a><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>
<div> </div>
<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<br><br>
<div>
<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>-----Inline
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