Hi McTim,<br><br>Attached please find a graph reporting on "local" data transfer between 7 ISPs in Tanzania and 5 ISPs in Kenya via SimbaNet's "EAIXP". This was back in February last year - when I visited the control centre in Dar es Salaam.<br>
<br>As you will see, the graph only reports 1 week traffic - but the aggregate (IN + OUT) is about 10Gb of traffic.<br><br>A key point to note is that this was via a slow satellite link running at approx 256k<br><br>I can only imagine what we would see if the interlink was OFC!<br>
<br>There is definitely a critical need for this issue to be looked at closely and in great detail.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Brian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:31 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</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;">Hi Harry,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Harry Delano <<a href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> McTim,<br>
><br>
> Thanks, I definitely understand your point..<br>
<br>
</div>I'm not sure you do.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
><br>
> What we are saying, and I suppose what everyone should be concerned about<br>
> is,if we got 10 - 30GB<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>Is this you as an enduser doing this much? or your corporate<br>
environment? I do about 1 GB per week.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
of<br>
> data per week on average,why transport to Europe and back paying transit<br>
> costs in the process,<br>
<br>
</div>My point was those transit costs are paid already, in fact, in this<br>
era, we ("we" being the folks who have bought the fat pipes) pay for<br>
more bandwidth than we can use at the moment. I am suggesting that in<br>
the absence of hard data about regional traffic flows (and I've been<br>
looking for this data for several years), we are just speculating that<br>
regional interconnectivity is urgent (or even needed).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
when<br>
> we should otherwise work to develop our Regional interconnectivity. It's<br>
> like saying some years<br>
> earlier on, that we do not need a locl exchange point like KIXP,<br>
<br>
</div>It just seems like its the same argument, its not.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
because<br>
> it's cheaper to send traffic<br>
> out and back.<br>
<br>
</div>but it wasn't cheaper at that point.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Keep local traffic, "Local". Simple. We cannot keep talking<br>
> about regional intergration<br>
<br>
</div>sure we can.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> when such a small matter as inter-regional connectivity cannot be sorted<br>
> out.<br>
<br>
</div>It's not a small matter, believe me, I've tried to implement it.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
><br>
> While, we still have a lot of content hosted, and accessed out there it<br>
> should never be lost on us<br>
> that we similarly have a lot of inter-Regional traffic,<br>
<br>
</div>I would greatly appreciate any hard data you have on this traffic.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
<br>
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