On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:09 AM, robert yawe <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Please note that KIXP is a private club that has loose and unenforceable rules and regulations for its members which is why at peak times a lot of local traffic must get routed via Europe. This explain to you why Dr. Ndemo wanted to setup a separate exchange point to initially provide service to the government and on the other end I have kept insisting the CCK needs to set up an exchange point with enforceable regulations such as a minimum bandwidth to it with redundant links.
Is interconnection mandatory in Kenya? If so, MUST it be done at KIXP? (I know in UG, interconnection is mandatory by UCC regs, but it doesn't have to be at the UIXP.) AFAIK, gov'ts/regulators don't normally have a role to play in setting up IXPs and setting policies about how folk connect. In Africa, we have seen gov't take a more active role in recent years, (licensing KIXP, providing space and power in UG, partnering with ISOC and AfriNIC in Senegal, etc). -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel