Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Eric Kuhnke]

Another good choice for a major international carrier with a pop in Accra
would be opentransit/France Telecom.

On Jun 4, 2017 6:04 AM, "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" 
wrote:

> TISparkle/Seabone also has an IP transit PoP in Accra, plus they have a
> partnership with Dolphin Telecom.
>
> On 06/01/2017 05:30 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> > All of the licensed mobile phone network operators in Ghana are also ISPs
> > and can reach enterprise customers. Within Accra or a few other major
> > coastal cities, either by microwave rooftop/tower based links or their
> > terrestrial fiber. Should definitely be much faster and more economical
> > than satellite.
> >
> > Interestingly if you look at BGP tables and AS-adjacencies for the major
> > Ghanian ISPs and telecoms, it is logically a suburb of London, which is
> > where most of the traffic in the recently built West African submarine
> > cables goes.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rishi Singh 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
> >> doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but
> nothing
> >> solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a
> bit
> >> every quarter on satellite up link fees.
> >>
> >> Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
>
>
>

Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt]

TISparkle/Seabone also has an IP transit PoP in Accra, plus they have a
partnership with Dolphin Telecom.

On 06/01/2017 05:30 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> All of the licensed mobile phone network operators in Ghana are also ISPs
> and can reach enterprise customers. Within Accra or a few other major
> coastal cities, either by microwave rooftop/tower based links or their
> terrestrial fiber. Should definitely be much faster and more economical
> than satellite.
>
> Interestingly if you look at BGP tables and AS-adjacencies for the major
> Ghanian ISPs and telecoms, it is logically a suburb of London, which is
> where most of the traffic in the recently built West African submarine
> cables goes.
>
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rishi Singh  wrote:
>
>> Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
>> doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing
>> solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit
>> every quarter on satellite up link fees.
>>
>> Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>

Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Michael Bullut]

I would definitely recommend *Internet Solutions Ghana.
 *

​
On 31 May 2017 at 17:40, Rishi Singh  wrote:

> Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
> doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing
> solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit
> every quarter on satellite up link fees.
>
> Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
>
> Thank you,
>

Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Eric Kuhnke]

All of the licensed mobile phone network operators in Ghana are also ISPs
and can reach enterprise customers. Within Accra or a few other major
coastal cities, either by microwave rooftop/tower based links or their
terrestrial fiber. Should definitely be much faster and more economical
than satellite.

Interestingly if you look at BGP tables and AS-adjacencies for the major
Ghanian ISPs and telecoms, it is logically a suburb of London, which is
where most of the traffic in the recently built West African submarine
cables goes.


On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rishi Singh  wrote:

> Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
> doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing
> solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit
> every quarter on satellite up link fees.
>
> Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
>
> Thank you,
>

Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Rod Beck]

I would recommend PCCW because they own capacity on many these systems and have 
experience in delivering service. I have contacts I can recommend.


- R.



From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Mike Hammett 
<na...@ics-il.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 2:56 PM
To: Rishi Singh
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

These cable systems land in Ghana. Look to see who rides those cable systems to 
see who is at least capable of serving your client. Then you have to figure out 
how to get from your client to the coast.

SAT-3
WACS
GLO1
ACE
MainOne




-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions

Midwest Internet Exchange

The Brothers WISP

- Original Message -

From: "Rishi Singh" <rishimusi...@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 9:40:29 AM
Subject: Internet connectivity in Ghana

Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing
solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit
every quarter on satellite up link fees.

Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?

Thank you,

Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Mike Hammett]

These cable systems land in Ghana. Look to see who rides those cable systems to 
see who is at least capable of serving your client. Then you have to figure out 
how to get from your client to the coast. 

SAT-3 
WACS 
GLO1 
ACE 
MainOne 




- 
Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

- Original Message -

From: "Rishi Singh"  
To: nanog@nanog.org 
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 9:40:29 AM 
Subject: Internet connectivity in Ghana 

Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been 
doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing 
solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit 
every quarter on satellite up link fees. 

Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana? 

Thank you,