<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Harry,<br>Your welcome. Information is power and should be shared. Hope to hear from you soon.<br><br>Esther<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 6/3/10, Harry Delano <i><harry@comtelsys.co.ke></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke><br>Subject: RE: [kictanet] The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<br>To: "'Esther Wanjau'" <esther_wanjau@yahoo.com><br>Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 2:26 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1996428993">
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">Esther, Brian & Muriuki,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">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 size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">that there are already efforts underway to
</span></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">address </span></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">this to</span></font><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010"> get the
member countries interconnected. Hopefully,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">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 size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">maximum benefits from the improved interconnectivity
within the countries, especially on Fibre.</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">Esther, I will email Shoukry, and will report
back..</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010"></span></font> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">Regards,</span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="390120309-03062010">Harry</span></font></div><br>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Esther Wanjau
[mailto:esther_wanjau@yahoo.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 03, 2010 11:41
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>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 shoukry@comesa.int for more
information. Also visit www.comesa.int and see the progress made in
regard to IT. There you will find the reports of the IT technical
committees already held.<br><span class="390120309-03062010"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"> </font></span></div>
<div><span class="390120309-03062010"> </span><br>Hope this
helps.<br><br>Esther<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/2/10, Harry Delano
<i><harry@comtelsys.co.ke></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 <harry@comtelsys.co.ke><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet]
The urgent case for a Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP)<br>To:
esther_wanjau@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'"
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010,
11:17 PM<br><br>
<div id="yiv412182131">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953371706-03062010"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Thanks alot John, Am checking this
out...</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953371706-03062010"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="953371706-03062010"><font size="2" color="#0000ff" 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: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); 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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