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RE: Announcement - Tz IXP trial startup (fwd)
Hey, congrats.
Happened sooner than imagined hey?
I hope you guys get there soon.
Now we can look into the TIXP/UIXP 'trafficking' idea to nmake some cash
Njoroge
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From: owner-techies@uixp.co.ug [mailto:owner-techies@uixp.co.ug]On
Behalf Of Mark Tinka
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:27 PM
To: techies@uixp.co.ug
Cc: lug@linux.or.ug
Subject: FW: Announcement - Tz IXP trial startup (fwd)
Guys, the TIXP is up!
Regards,
Mark Tinka - CCNA
Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda
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From: owner-afnog@afnog.org [mailto:owner-afnog@afnog.org] On Behalf Of
Brian Longwe
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:51 AM
To: afnog@afnog.org
Subject: Fwd: Announcement - Tz IXP trial startup (fwd)
FYI
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Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 02:08:58 -0400
From: S Woodside <sbwoodside@yahoo.com>
To: wsisyouthkenya@yahoogroups.com
Cc: brian@pch.net
Subject: Fwd: Announcement - Tz IXP trial startup
Tanzania gets an Internet exchange! Perhaps it can be connected with the
pioneering KIXP to form the first intra-african exchange???!!
simon
Begin forwarded message:
> "David J.A. Sawe" wrote:
>
> Hello colleagues,
>
> It is a pleasure to announce to you that Tanzania's first Internet
> Exchange Point (Tz IXP) is in the process of starting trial runs.
> Some seven ISPs
> have come together to kick off this process and are all at various
> stages of
> hooking up to the system. The Tz ISP Association members (TISPA) as
> well as
> the Tz Communications Commission (TCC) have earned our deep respect,
> great
> thanks, and sincerest praise and congratulations for having come
> together to
> make possible this startup.
>
> We had scheduled an informal meeting yesterday afternoon to sort out
> the technical details for initiating the system. We came to hold that
> meeting
> in the shadow of close memories of our late colleague Hassan Versi (of
> Quality Computers), who had very directly contributed towards this
> initiative, being very active even up to Monday, his final day among
> us.
> Sadly, Hassan never had the opportunity to visit the premises to see
> the
> results for himself and was buried later on during yesterday
> afternoon. But
> he was very much in our hearts, minds and conversations as we visited
> the
> roof of Telephone House while inspecting the equipment and connectivity
> arrangements for Tanzania's very first IXP.
>
> Please find attached photos of the IXP system that were taken last
> weekend by our Kenyan brother Brian Longwe who was in Dar es Salaam
> for a couple of
> days. One shows the entrance to the premises (13th floor of Telephone
> House) with engineers setting up kit in the foreground. And the other
> shows
> the rack-mounted startup kit with (left to right) Frank Habicht, Bill
> Sangiwa, Bill Woodcock and Harry Hare. Looking carefully at this
> photo, you
> can also see a bit of the overhead ducting plus our traffic monitor
> (from
> Sun Microsystems), then our route reflector (dual Cisco 1700 Routers),
> and
> below them our 24-port switch (also Cisco) awaiting ISPs to connect
> their
> cables to it.
>
> To conclude, I'm privileged to have this opportunity to congratulate
> www.raha.com for becoming the very first Tanzanian ISP to have hooked
> up to the IXP, while looking forward to congratulate each of the
> remaining six
> initial ISPs as they connect during the coming few days. Many of us
> are
> happy to see this progress being made, in keeping with our Government's
> newly published ICT Policy (available at www.moct.go.tz/ict). To
> quote the
> Chinese I-Ching (#8): "Holding together brings good fortune"!
>
> Regards,
> David Sawe.
>
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> Encoding: base64
>
> Name: TIXP rack startup.jpg
> TIXP rack startup.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
> Encoding: base64
>
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