On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Brian Ssennoga <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning i was at DICTS, discussing RENU (www.renu.ac.ug) as part of ICT > Director's Forum. If we still have ISPs playing cat and mouse games over > peering, how can we possibly be dreaming of their support when it comes to > setting up a Ugandan nREN? > > And if UCC doesn't care what IPs the ISPs choose to advertise, i guess the > idea of an nREN becomes a taller order. Afterall, once it gets lit, members > would essentially constitute a Bandwidth Consortium, and start to purchase > from the open market. We shouldn't have to wave a cheque in their faces to > get peering as a standard. > > As it is, if traffic is on a segment it shouldn't be, we all stand to lose.
agreed. > But if NITA and UCC can't "force" some of these basics, then woe to this > nation... disagree! If nations states get to "force" ISPs to behave in ways they want, the Internet would be remade in the telco model of a 100 years ago! -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
