[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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.
There already is infrastructure to all these countries; all that we need to do is get the incumbent operators in these areas to come together and connect. Sadly, this is harder than it sounds. There are issues of trust and traffic formats/types that these telco's, especially in the non-liberalised economies, that have been preventing the setup of data links cross-border. > > 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 >> >> -- >> This is the UiXP techies list. >> The list archives can be found at http://uixp.co.ug/archives. Regards, Mark Tinka - CCNP Network Engineer, Africa Online Uganda --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
