On Oct 27, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Mark Tinka wrote:
Once the exchange point is up and running, there's really
no reason to politicize any technical suggestions or
progress. The members can agree within each other - no
need for senate or board meetings ;).
I think there needs to be a way to insulate the IX from the ISPs
themselves. Everything becomes politicized at some point.
Structurally, how can that be avoided? The only answer I see is
regulatory policy. I suppose when ISPs see a common enemy (such as
government stepping in on the turf) is the only time they are united :-)
This is a point of view - some others think you can peer
with a central route server, but then have a direct
peering agreement with another member at the same
exchange point, so you can implement more flexibile
routing policies as and when your network requirements
dictate.
So your point of view boils down to flexibility to implement whatever
you need to on the technical level ... your own way of avoiding red
tape.
Yes, getting the necessary 'infrastructure' in place to
start an exchange point is the hard part. But that's now
over. If you look closely, the techies now have the upper
hand, unless the GIX is profit-motivated, of course.
I don't see it as that yet. That's because GIX is still governed by
the ISPs. It will take a little time for what you say to begin to
happen. Unfortunately, time is what we have the least of, if we
consider that we are being left behind at a startling rate.
More than we can accept, when a lot is at stake, it begins
to hinge around monetarial cost/benefit
And this is exactly the situation where regulatory policy is supposed
to intervene. Markets are not always logical or optimal. My take on
peering is that this is the time for Stalin to be reborn :-) and
communistically collectivize the whole shebang.
The shameful thing is that is exactly what it will take
to allow them to grow into 'mini telcos'. We should be
building up our local interconnectivity so that we
become attractive as a destination.
Right, you are, especially in Africa where individual
in-country traffic is minimal, but overall continent
traffic can be significant.
So we are here, and we would like to get there. What structures can
we build or at least aim for to make that happen? I'd like some ideas
from your experience and observations here. If you were given a clean
slate and dictatorial powers in order to plot a future course, what
would you do?
-- G.
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