Re: ATTN : African IXP Interconnecting ..

[Rob Gipman <gipmanr@mtn.co.ug>]

Bill,

If only we would get local government permission to connect Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya via fiber optic then that would
already save vsat. Also Nigeria should be able to connect to south africa via the fiber already there in the ocean. Then
only  vsat connection would be needed, one to hook easy africa to sa and we are done.

We could even hook up Rwanda as we are operator there as well.

Bill Woodcock wrote:

>     > With the increase in the number of IXPs across the continent(5 at present), Afrispa is coordinating an effort that
>     > will take the current setup to anew level - An African Internet Exchange.
>
> I have to re-emphasize the issue of the language some of you are using.
> The issue here is _interconnecting exchanges_, not _creating an exchange_.
> You've already got a lot of exchanges, and need more local ones. The next
> step is finding carrier networks which can span them, and provide transit
> directly between them, rather than through New York and London.
>
>                                 -Bill
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