This is fantastic news.
I started getting very long ping times (hundreds of seconds to some hosts on Ugandan networks), so I did a traceroute and was pleasantly suprised by what I found. The ISPs are connecting to each other!! Evidence below.
They are obviously in the test stages but we should all encourage them. For those on this list, Congrats guys. For those not yet on board, HURRY UP AND TEST!!!!
Uganda takes a BIG IT step forward!
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Traceroute UTL client from Infocom network
traceroute to 213.177.165.17 (213.177.165.17), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.129.1 0.000 ms 2.707 ms 2.969 ms
2 192.168.3.1 36.225 ms 37.861 ms 41.944 ms
3 193.219.213.2 67.511 ms 79.401 ms 99.522 ms
4 193.219.212.17 394.456 ms 397.529 ms 398.926 ms
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * * *
9 213.248.65.25 669.733 ms 673.191 ms 674.584 ms
10 213.248.64.10 757.725 ms * 759.007 ms
11 213.248.80.2 1463.310 ms 1465.456 ms 1573.949 ms
12 192.205.32.49 1577.344 ms 1585.111 ms 1586.520 ms
13 * 12.123.1.126 1609.860 ms 1613.716 ms
14 12.122.11.18 1552.458 ms 1554.163 ms *
15 * * 12.123.192.105 1734.918 ms
16 12.124.195.14 2083.595 ms 2079.544 ms 2084.983 ms
17 * * *
18 * 213.177.165.17 3495.324 ms *
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Traceroute a MTN client from Infocom Network
kiggundu@caracal:~> /usr/sbin/traceroute -n 212.88.96.50
traceroute to 212.88.96.50 (212.88.96.50), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.129.1 2.818 ms 3.091 ms 3.321 ms
2 192.168.3.1 30.913 ms 32.898 ms 34.928 ms
3 193.219.213.2 73.490 ms 76.799 ms 80.411 ms
4 193.219.212.17 133.679 ms 178.204 ms *
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 * 213.248.66.89 746.699 ms *
9 213.248.64.74 810.744 ms 812.837 ms *
10 * 213.248.72.138 1858.474 ms *
11 193.148.15.108 1860.749 ms 1864.280 ms 1866.467 ms
12 * 166.49.208.97 1868.618 ms 1869.972 ms
13 * * 166.49.200.43 1888.390 ms
14 166.49.208.90 1851.760 ms 1854.848 ms *
15 166.49.176.20 1818.174 ms * 1892.331 ms
16 166.49.163.94 1660.336 ms 1681.061 ms 1682.774 ms
17 166.49.177.146 1684.397 ms 1695.004 ms 1696.895 ms
18 166.49.213.138 2030.328 ms 2032.417 ms 2034.525 ms
19 212.88.97.49 2044.928 ms 2036.121 ms 2047.590 ms
20 * * *
21 * * *
22 * * *
23 * * *
24 * * *
25 * * *
26 * * *
27 * * *
28 * * *
29 * * *
30 * * *
kiggundu@caracal:~>
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Traceroute to AFSAT shows they are not yet in the game! from Infocom
kiggundu@caracal:~> /usr/sbin/traceroute -n kla1.afsat.com
traceroute to kla1.afsat.com (216.129.132.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.129.1 38.698 ms 50.380 ms 73.183 ms
2 192.168.3.1 137.724 ms * *
3 * * *
4 193.219.212.17 1231.918 ms 1239.324 ms *
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 146.188.12.53 928.990 ms * *
9 * * *
10 146.188.15.61 1031.812 ms 1403.019 ms *
11 * 146.188.5.197 1831.925 ms *
12 * 146.188.13.37 1840.880 ms *
13 152.63.9.194 1768.498 ms * 1780.759 ms
14 152.63.1.118 1196.998 ms 1275.206 ms 1283.701 ms
15 * 152.63.27.29 1285.507 ms 1310.000 ms
16 152.63.19.85 1321.226 ms 1331.960 ms *
17 152.63.26.145 1341.235 ms 1349.141 ms 1356.288 ms
18 157.130.54.34 1368.746 ms * 1376.441 ms
19 66.133.0.46 1304.667 ms 1313.050 ms 1320.617 ms
20 * * *
21 216.129.134.226 905.113 ms 920.032 ms 935.755 ms
22 192.168.200.2 1592.395 ms * *
23 216.129.132.1 1592.605 ms 1795.385 ms 1795.585 ms
kiggundu@caracal:~>
kiggundu@caracal:~>
kiggundu@caracal:~>
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Suprisingly Africaonline is also out of the testing
kiggundu@caracal:~> /usr/sbin/traceroute -n mail.africaonline.co.ug
traceroute to mail.africaonline.co.ug (216.104.200.3), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.129.1 2.835 ms 3.118 ms 3.383 ms
2 192.168.3.1 246.818 ms 248.986 ms 252.321 ms
3 193.219.213.2 320.078 ms 321.555 ms 322.919 ms
4 193.219.212.17 359.372 ms 364.875 ms 437.472 ms
5 193.219.192.13 804.736 ms * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
8 146.188.12.53 660.730 ms 670.478 ms 679.652 ms
9 146.188.12.25 783.211 ms * 789.594 ms
10 * * 146.188.15.61 766.235 ms
11 146.188.10.37 1162.093 ms 1166.236 ms 1167.618 ms
12 146.188.8.118 1170.761 ms 1177.779 ms *
13 * * *
14 * * 212.73.240.97 1577.062 ms
15 * 212.187.128.58 1249.252 ms 1282.123 ms
16 212.187.131.7 1173.598 ms 1175.634 ms 1195.856 ms
17 212.113.11.162 1032.943 ms 1035.513 ms 1037.601 ms
18 217.15.64.6 1070.325 ms 1077.081 ms 1083.276 ms
19 10.198.1.134 1098.791 ms 1109.414 ms 1109.658 ms
20 * * 10.10.10.7 1122.628 ms
21 216.104.200.36 1279.709 ms 1379.194 ms 1383.047 ms
22 192.168.1.2 1390.827 ms 1394.613 ms 1398.103 ms
23 * * *
24 * * *
25 * * *
26 * * *
27 * * *
28 * * *
29 * * *
30 * * *
kiggundu@caracal:~>
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One2net is also not testing yet.
kiggundu@caracal:~> /usr/sbin/traceroute -n mail.one2net.co.ug
traceroute to mail.one2net.co.ug (216.250.215.14), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.129.1 6.967 ms 8.631 ms 8.757 ms
2 192.168.3.1 54.971 ms 55.016 ms 61.766 ms
3 193.219.213.2 92.999 ms 116.611 ms 116.868 ms
4 193.219.212.17 183.933 ms * *
5 * * 193.219.192.13 961.608 ms
6 * * *
7 146.188.32.25 983.610 ms * *
8 146.188.12.41 899.983 ms 906.486 ms 1134.577 ms
9 * 146.188.15.61 1241.928 ms 1242.648 ms
10 146.188.5.197 801.215 ms 803.265 ms 805.429 ms
11 146.188.13.37 807.111 ms * *
12 152.63.9.194 816.041 ms 817.609 ms *
13 152.63.32.137 812.102 ms 826.422 ms 851.592 ms
14 152.63.43.169 851.667 ms 852.590 ms 858.739 ms
15 204.255.168.18 1429.100 ms * 1447.658 ms
16 205.171.209.45 1355.990 ms * 1354.620 ms
17 * 205.171.9.6 2050.377 ms *
18 * 205.171.8.153 2051.833 ms 2071.645 ms
19 205.171.21.186 2078.209 ms * 2078.215 ms
20 63.148.129.150 2144.328 ms 2150.916 ms *
21 216.250.216.67 2021.334 ms * 2021.434 ms
22 * 216.139.172.66 1422.598 ms 1423.285 ms
23 * * *
24 216.250.215.14 1874.219 ms 1881.748 ms *
kiggundu@caracal:~>
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