On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:48 PM, alice <alice@apc.org> wrote:
Kenya: Is New Internet Exchange Necessary?
From what I gather it is a more of Network Aggregation Point, so that government traffic can be aggregated and then handed off to
Is it a new IXP or is it just bad journalism (not Fiona's article but the original piece that spurred the editorial). provider(s) for forwarding. Do all these government Ministries and other gov nets have ASNs and IP blocks to mimic the peering fabric of KIXP? I think not. I gave a brief presentation on IPv6 to the EA Consumers meeting a few weeks ago, when a member of the Kenya IPv6 Forum on the panel said "the government is going to start their own ISP". Anyone able to shed any light on this one? -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel