Thanks Nishal. Am aware of ISPA, I am South African but been out of ZA since 2003, so not fully up to speed with latest and greatest options available there anymore, hence the email.
Charl On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Nishal Goburdhan <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02 Jan 2015, at 15:21, Charl Tintinger <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a requirement to move around 5TB of data out of South Africa per > month, typically 150GB per day. Typically this will either be sent to the > UK or to the US. Option exist once the data is in the EU to move it around > easier / cheaper. > > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > hi charl, > > mlevy has given you some good advice. in addition, here are some things > you'll want to keep in mind: > * there's a NOG-type list here [1]. it's less active than uknof, but > still has folks from multiple operators listening in. it might be a good > place for you to ask as well (or get experiences from others) > * i generally recommend that if you're looking for an operator, you pick > one that's an ISPA member. simple reason really; ISPA members has a > self-regulating, self-imposed, binding code of conduct [2] that all members > are required to adhere to. this means (amongst others) that you, as a > outsider/individual/blah, have someone else to complain to, that will act > on your behalf (without necessarily running to a lawyer) if you run into an > issue with an operator that's an ISPA member. most ZA based ISPs are ISPA > members, with the notably exception being the ex-incumbent. a list is > available online [3]. > > (for full disclosure: i have some affiliation to ISPA and the IXPs, but > have nothing to do with their membership bits...) > > --n. > > [1] http://lists.internet.org.za/mailman/listinfo/tech > [2] http://ispa.org.za/code-of-conduct/ > [3] http://ispa.org.za/membership/list-of-members/
