Hi Dennis, If I go through a connected ISP it defeats the purpose of being on the exchange point as they will just bundle me onto their exiting link, our objective is to be able to control the connection. If we are going to promote local hosting we need a way to optimise connectivity across as many ISPs as possible. With the rate Safaricom is growing, currently 60% of the traffic to our site is from Safaricom data customers, we are looking forward to their collocation facilities. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> To: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: Dennis Kioko Mbuvi <dmbuvi+kictanet@gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wed, 29 September, 2010 12:12:42 Subject: Re: [kictanet] KIXP connectivity You have to buy a link to KIXP via a connected ISP. Consult also with Internet Solutions, they are hosting a backup of the Nairobi IXP