<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>Muchuki,</div><div><br></div><div>Is it possible for you to give us a comprehensive response on the requirements for connecting to KIXP an issue I have asked before but instead kept getting incomplete responses.</div><div><br></div><div>Assume I was a foreign investor coming to set-up a data centre in Kenya and wants to know the requirements for connecting to KIXP. </div><div><br></div><div>We keep complaining about the government not being able to provide a one stop shop for its services yet we in private sector seem equally as vague.</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> Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi@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> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, 13 July, 2011 13:11:00<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?<br></font><br>Robert,<br><br>On 7/13/11 12:16 PM, robert yawe wrote:<br>> <br>> It is my expectation that KIXP will be forward looking enough to remove<br>> the hurdles of connecting to them as that would allow better local<br>> performance to the data
centre. I am forced to humble myself on this<br>> issue because the saviour we had been awaiting in the form of a national<br>> exchange point seems to have missed the flight.<br>> <br><br>Please provide clarity here. What hurdles does KIXP have?.<br><br>If i may speak wearing my KIXP CTO hat on. We provide a Switch, Power,<br>cooling, rack space and security. A mini carrier neutral facility so to<br>speak.<br><br>Connecting to KIXP is as simple as filling in a form, meet the set<br>requirements set by CCK for one to connect to KIXP, install a router and<br>link at any of our 3 facilities in Kenya (2 x Nairobi, 1 x Mombasa) and<br>thats it.<br><br>Currently KIXP is the Worlds fastest growing IXP by percentage growth of<br>traffic this year at 670%. According to PCH. (exluding newly<br>established IXPs).<br><br><a
href="https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/summary/growth/?sort1=bandwidth&sort2=_percent_change&order=desc" target="_blank">https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/summary/growth/?sort1=bandwidth&sort2=_percent_change&order=desc</a><br><br>We have over 30 members peering including Govt, Private Sector and<br>Academia.<br><br>We clearly have done something right to be at the top. But we are not<br>there yet. We shall brag when we get there.<br><br>In this respect, we would definitely like to hear your perceived<br>challenges so that we can sustain this growth position for the next 12<br>months.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Michuki.<br></div></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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