Muchuki, Is it possible for you to give us a comprehensive response on the requirements for connecting to KIXP an issue I have asked before but instead kept getting incomplete responses. Assume I was a foreign investor coming to set-up a data centre in Kenya and wants to know the requirements for connecting to KIXP. We keep complaining about the government not being able to provide a one stop shop for its services yet we in private sector seem equally as vague. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi@gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wed, 13 July, 2011 13:11:00 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit? Robert, On 7/13/11 12:16 PM, robert yawe wrote:
It is my expectation that KIXP will be forward looking enough to remove the hurdles of connecting to them as that would allow better local performance to the data centre. I am forced to humble myself on this issue because the saviour we had been awaiting in the form of a national exchange point seems to have missed the flight.
Please provide clarity here. What hurdles does KIXP have?. If i may speak wearing my KIXP CTO hat on. We provide a Switch, Power, cooling, rack space and security. A mini carrier neutral facility so to speak. Connecting to KIXP is as simple as filling in a form, meet the set requirements set by CCK for one to connect to KIXP, install a router and link at any of our 3 facilities in Kenya (2 x Nairobi, 1 x Mombasa) and thats it. Currently KIXP is the Worlds fastest growing IXP by percentage growth of traffic this year at 670%. According to PCH. (exluding newly established IXPs). https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/summary/growth/?sort1=bandwidth&sort2=_percent_change&order=desc We have over 30 members peering including Govt, Private Sector and Academia. We clearly have done something right to be at the top. But we are not there yet. We shall brag when we get there. In this respect, we would definitely like to hear your perceived challenges so that we can sustain this growth position for the next 12 months. Regards, Michuki.