<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Dear Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>There seems to have been a misunderstanding of the facts and as a result a misrepresentation of the facts by Mark Okuttah in the Business Daily. For the purpose of clarity the facts are as follows:</div><div>1. AMSIX is no longer working with KIXP on the Mombasa IXP services.</div><div>2. Mombasa IXP was launched in 2009 and has been very growing slowly due to preference by operators to peer in existing POPs</div><div>3. The uptake though very slow saw an increase in interest as a result of getting Google to host substantive content for Kenya in Mombasa. There are several Google POPs in the country hosted by several players and these can now be serviced by the Mombasa gear.</div><div>4. Tanzania has their separate Google gear for the IXP in TZ</div><div>5. The Mombasa IXP has continued operations and is now receiving support from the Africa Union so it has not closed shop because AMSIX has left.</div><div>6. The Mombasa IXP has also changed locations and shall be officially launching the new location soon.</div><div>7. AMSIX has continued to support KIXP even after the termination of the joint management of the Mombasa POP and delivered substantive equipment to support Nairobi</div><div>8. The 4 operators peering have not had any incidents as the peering has continued despite the end of the partnership. We have requests in process from operators in Rwanda and several international CDN networks. The set target is to increase to 15 peering members by December 2015, a target; that will be achieved with the level of support that Africa Union has agreed to provide.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this clarifies the state of affairs of the Mombasa peering location. We are happy to welcome local content providers to also peer directly at the IXP.</div><div><br></div><div>Yours Sincerly,</div><div><br></div><div><span name="x"></span><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Fiona Asonga</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Chief Executive Officer</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; 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font-size: 11px; font-family: Helvetica; color: #042eee;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Helvetica; color: #042eee;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;">Website: <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;" data-mce-style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.tespok.or.ke/" data-mce-href="http://www.tespok.or.ke/">www.tespok.or.ke</a></span></span></p><span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"John Kieti via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b>To: </b>tespok@tespok.co.ke<br><b>Cc: </b>"John Kieti" <jkieti@gmail.com>, "cdohnio" <cdohnio@gmail.com><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 9, 2015 11:34:12 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kictanet] Mombasa Internet traffic re-routed to Nairobi hub<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi Listers,<div><br></div><div>Where can one get an updated map of the National Optic Fiber Infrastructure (NOFBI)? How much of NOFBI remains dark fiber?. I could be very wrong but I thought this infrastructure was meant to unlock internet traffic across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>best</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" data-mce-style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;">Thank you.. Sorry for the typo ...made my earlier question sound weird. #mobiledevices.<br><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Barrack Otieno [mailto:<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>]<br> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 8:25 AM<br> To: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br> Cc: Bernard Kioko; cdohnio<br> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Mombasa Internet traffic re-routed to Nairobi hub<br> <br> Bernard,<br> <br> A while back there was debate on this list on the viability of having more than one exchange point. This started when there was talk of the government having its own exchange point. I think we still need to work on generating more local content to make extra exchange points viable, so far KIXP seems to have adequate capacity for our country.<br> <br> Best Regards<br> <br> On 6/9/15, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br> > Will this present an performance issues in terms of speed.<br> > On Jun 9, 2015 12:25 AM, "cdohnio via kictanet" <<br> > <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br> ><br> >> ----<br> >> *Mombasa Internet traffic re-routed to Nairobi hub*<br> >> <<a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t</a><br> >> raffic-re-routed-to-Nairobi-hub/-/539550/2744864/-/9wdv8o/-/index.htm<br> >> l><br> >> // *Business Daily*<br> >> <<a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Mombasa-Internet-t</a><br> >> raffic-re-routed-to-Nairobi-hub/-/539550/2744864/-/9wdv8o/-/index.htm<br> >> l><br> >><br> >> Internet traffic to Mombasa and parts of Tanzania will be routed<br> >> through Nairobi after the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) and a<br> >> Kenyan telecoms lobby group closed Kenya’s second Internet Exchange<br> >> Point (IXP) that was based in Mombasa.<br> >> ----<br> >><br> >> Shared via *my feedly reader* <<a href="http://feedly.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://feedly.com">http://feedly.com</a>><br> >><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> kictanet mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br> >> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> >><br> >> Unsubscribe or change your options at<br> >> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bkioko%40bernso" target="_blank" data-mce-href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bkioko%40bernso">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/bkioko%40bernso</a><br> >> <a href="http://ft.com" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://ft.com">ft.com</a><br> >><br> >> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder<br> >> platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT<br> >> policy and regulation. 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