RE: lug_: IXP

[Mark Tinka]

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For that same cost, wouldn't it be wiser (and cheaper in the long run) to lay 2 strands of SMF fibre from a not-to-distant NOC into the UCC building? With ordinary switching gear and a few transcievers (under $100 a piece), you quickly have 100Mbps.

 

With more sophisticated gear (cash allowing), you can catapault that to 2.5Gbps, and if you have a lot more cash to spare, a theoretical 250Gbps (DWDM). Your fibre remains the same, all you change is the 'intellgent boxes' at either end, and you get a bigger pipe, automagically.

 

Could be the way to go, especially if the UIXP becomes a transit peering point for connectivity to the Internet. You don't want your service getting choked because x ISP had only x Mbps (or Kbps) :).

 

Your thoughts?

 

Regards,

Mark Tinka
Technical Manager, Africa Online Swaziland

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Gitta
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 9:53 AM
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Subject: RE: lug_: IXP

Nice suggestion, but from the AFOL analysis, 128k so far is sufficient, I suppose we go with demand.

 

-SG

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kiggundu Mukasa
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:31 AM
To: LUG
Subject: RE: lug_: IXP

A suggestion,
The guys on 128 Kb/s links upgrade to 802.11g (54Mbps).
Advantages are one time cost and speed.

Kiggs

On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 13:09, Samuel Gitta wrote:

If I have my facts right,

MTN have a fiber link (maybe 128 Kbps) 
AFOL, Infocom, UTL and One2Net have 128Kbps links
Afsat have Cat5 Ethernet to the IXP equiv 100Mbps

And the total number of ISPs to the IXP right now is 6 (six).

-SG



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lunghabo
Wire
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 9:59 AM
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Subject: lug_: IXP


Hello Guys

Just have an inquiry;

How many ISPs are plugged into the IXP ?

What is their respective bandwidth to the IXP?

MTN
AFOL
UTL
ONE2NET
Infocom
Afsat

.......etc

JAmes




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