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size=2 face=Arial>Thanks Brian, for the clarification and the
graph..</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531551120-07062010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I suppose, since we now have some OFC, interconnectivity
already to some degree, we</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=531551120-07062010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>would be able to transmit much more, when we
aggregate..</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=531551120-07062010>
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color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left></SPAN><SPAN class=531551120-07062010><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Harry</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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[mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Brian Munyao Longwe<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 07, 2010 10:48
PM<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 ExchangePoint (RIXP)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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
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href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>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>
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<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
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