<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,</div><div><br></div><div>You have a very negative nature, why "ka wagoire na ngoi" (google wont help you here)</div><div><br></div><div>We contribute to find solutions to our local problems there is a place and time for being the devils advocate. </div><div>Loadmwesh, thanks for the confidence that I can provide direction in providing more reliable peering for local traffic and I will work towards this McTim or not.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition can Fiona tell us if the recently launched Mombasa exchange point straddle the 3 marine cables? On the licensing issue I believe Dr. Ndemo has told us many times that he is willing to be of assistance is we can proof that legislation is hindering progress. Please forward me the CCK
directive that required us to have a content provider license so as to peer at KIXP.</div><div><br></div><div>On that issue does it mean that anyone who has a website is requires to get a Content Provider licence? That would actually be laughable, I always believed that this license was required for short code resellers?</div><div><br></div><div>I still insist that the local bandwidth needs to be higher than that of the incoming pipes as the terrestrial cable needs to carry the foreign traffic and local traffic as well.</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:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, 30 September, 2010 23:10:05<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] KIXP connectivity<br></font><br>On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:01 PM, lordmwesh <<a ymailto="mailto:lordmwesh@gmail.com" href="mailto:lordmwesh@gmail.com">lordmwesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Robert, hold your praises on TESPOK.<br>><br>> Even after praising Fiona, and all the Tespok crew, i dont think they<br>> are very genuine, or keen to embrace single players into the IXP. We<br>> have had so many forums, especially IGFs, and other Kictanet<br>> moderated forums, and at no single point have
we seen the 'grave<br>> isssues' raised by FIONA appear in the public domain.<br><br>At every forum I have attended, the KIXP folk have made it a point to<br>bring up the licensing issue.<br><br>><br>> Is somebody playing PR?<br>><br>> What would be the modalities of establishing a parallel IXP for<br>> private content providers, who can then peer with KIXP<br><br>You can't peer with KIXP, you peer with others at KIXP.<br><br>IIUC, if you get a Content Providers license, then you can join the<br>peering mesh.<br><br>-- <br>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>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a
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