<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Another element that might be contributing to the perceived slow internet speeds are the frequent outages at KIXP due to power problems.<br><br></div><div>Apparently the exchange point has been having serious power related problems that have resulted in extended downtimes. This was brought to my attention by one of Kenya's largest carriers - apparently they were asking me if there was any way I could help out of frustration that nothing was being done about the problem.<br>
<br></div><div>At this point I will shamelessly plug this blog piece about KIXP independence from TESPOK <a href="http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2012/04/which-way-for-kenya-internet-exchange.html">http://mashilingi.blogspot.com/2012/04/which-way-for-kenya-internet-exchange.html</a><br>
<br></div><div>It seems that the current structure is actually acting as a barrier which is preventing the IXP from being relocated to better infrastructure in one of the many data centers we have around the city (as was suggested by the member who raised the issue to me).<br>
<br></div><div>Best regards,<br><br>Brian<br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Michelle Tongo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shivumich89@gmail.com" target="_blank">shivumich89@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br>It has been slow since I cannot remember.<br></div>I am using Orange personally and it has very bad fluctuations. One minute google opens, one minute your staring waiting until it time outs. <br>
</div>When are they likely to make things better?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On 2 April 2013 16:08, Peter Wakaba <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peterwakaba@gmail.com" target="_blank">peterwakaba@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">first, teams had warned of intermittent slow service for several month still April as they upgraded the cable to stave off fiber cuts. Then there was a cut to the cable linking eastern Africa to India and parts of southern Europe ( Seacom ). Lat week the Egyptian Authorities reported arresting three men who had tried to cut cables somewhere in the Mediterranean...<br>
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