<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Hi Dennis,</div><div><br></div><div>If I go through a connected ISP it defeats the purpose of being on the exchange point as they will just bundle me onto their exiting link, our objective is to be able to control the connection. </div><div><br></div><div>If we are going to promote local hosting we need a way to optimise connectivity across as many ISPs as possible. With the rate Safaricom is growing, currently 60% of the traffic to our site is from Safaricom data customers, we are looking forward to their collocation facilities.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br> </div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div
style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Dennis Kioko Mbuvi <dmbuvi+kictanet@gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 29 September, 2010 12:12:42<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] KIXP connectivity<br></font><br>You have to buy a link to KIXP via a connected ISP. Consult also with Internet Solutions, they are hosting a backup of the Nairobi IXP
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