East African Fiber Summit
Good morning, I'm a techie and a regular contributor on skunkslist. I'd like to add some contributions. Any views below are personal and not meant to cause any negative actions etc.. :-) I received an email attachment on the above subject detailing the program of the event. Though I'm not in a position to attend, I wanted to share my thoughts. After reviewing it, the program does not seem to hold much on what and where fiber should be heading in kenya. The program seems to revolve around a concept " when fiber arrives ". There are many excellent contributors on the program list and I hope that the summit will take things to much higher levels of discussion and focus on progress development through commitments. As I mentioned in my earlier contributions on other lists, Kdn and Safaricom ( including Onecom ) made history on July 27th. Safaricom took it further by holding event meetings for cyber owners outside Nairobi while Kdn was also able to push seacom packets all the way to the ugandan border. The summit should, in my view, present the strategies and solutions on offer based on techology, expansion and deployment of the fiber Nationally and across the border. This also brings me to my second point of contribution : TATA and Point of Presence in kenya : I was quite glad when recently TATA announced that they would be putting up a POP in kenya for tiered services. To have this pop in kenya was quite an important achievement and goes to show that Fiber will make Kenya a communications regional hub for the region. However, it has recently announced that TATA have gone with Access Kenya on this development. While I have nothing against any service provider or in this case Access Kenya, I believe that TATA have have made a disappointing start on the POP. As far as I know, Access Kenya does not at the moment represent itself as a National Operator nor does its services spread nationally nor across the border into Uganda or Rwanda. I'd have thought that TATA would be considering KDN, TKL or even Safaricom ( Onecom ) for its POP. I hope in future POP operators do realise the impact of their decisions. Corrections are welcome. Rgds.
Aki, Please explain what a POP is? How does it work? What are tiered services? Michuki Mwangi could also educate some of us about the KIXP. Am aware he is on travel until next week so .. Why is locally switched (KIXP) data (content) cheaper than internationally routed data (content)? Maybe Aki could explain while we wait for Michuki to tell us more next week. Why would we host our apps locally rather than 'out there'? Am sure this will go deeper @ skunkworks but many on this list also need help too. Kind Regards SMM aki wrote:
Good morning, I'm a techie and a regular contributor on skunkslist. I'd like to add some contributions. Any views below are personal and not meant to cause any negative actions etc.. :-)
I received an email attachment on the above subject detailing the program of the event. Though I'm not in a position to attend, I wanted to share my thoughts. After reviewing it, the program does not seem to hold much on what and where fiber should be heading in kenya. The program seems to revolve around a concept " when fiber arrives ". There are many excellent contributors on the program list and I hope that the summit will take things to much higher levels of discussion and focus on progress development through commitments. As I mentioned in my earlier contributions on other lists, Kdn and Safaricom ( including Onecom ) made history on July 27th. Safaricom took it further by holding event meetings for cyber owners outside Nairobi while Kdn was also able to push seacom packets all the way to the ugandan border. The summit should, in my view, present the strategies and solutions on offer based on techology, expansion and deployment of the fiber Nationally and across the border.
This also brings me to my second point of contribution : TATA and Point of Presence in kenya :
I was quite glad when recently TATA announced that they would be putting up a POP in kenya for tiered services. To have this pop in kenya was quite an important achievement and goes to show that Fiber will make Kenya a communications regional hub for the region. However, it has recently announced that TATA have gone with Access Kenya on this development. While I have nothing against any service provider or in this case Access Kenya, I believe that TATA have have made a disappointing start on the POP. As far as I know, Access Kenya does not at the moment represent itself as a National Operator nor does its services spread nationally nor across the border into Uganda or Rwanda. I'd have thought that TATA would be considering KDN, TKL or even Safaricom ( Onecom ) for its POP. I hope in future POP operators do realise the impact of their decisions.
Corrections are welcome.
Rgds.
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Hi all, I am not sure if this has been shared on this list but for those of you who may be interested in joining an open discussion on the fiber you are welcome to attend the September Science Cafe at the Alliance Francaise (French Cultural Center) on Satruday (tomorrow) from 1.30 to 4.00. It is open to the public, free entrance. And I am pretty sure coffee and snacks are on the house for those who turn up. It will be at the Jardin de Paris cafe inside the FCC. I have attached the poster. This is not a formal conference or anything like that, the Science Cafes aim to educate and enlighten the general public. Good day. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <[email protected]>wrote:
Aki,
Please explain what a POP is? How does it work? What are tiered services?
Michuki Mwangi could also educate some of us about the KIXP. Am aware he is on travel until next week so .. Why is locally switched (KIXP) data (content) cheaper than internationally routed data (content)? Maybe Aki could explain while we wait for Michuki to tell us more next week. Why would we host our apps locally rather than 'out there'? Am sure this will go deeper @ skunkworks but many on this list also need help too.
Kind Regards
SMM
aki wrote:
Good morning, I'm a techie and a regular contributor on skunkslist. I'd like to add some contributions. Any views below are personal and not meant to cause any negative actions etc.. :-)
I received an email attachment on the above subject detailing the program of the event. Though I'm not in a position to attend, I wanted to share my thoughts. After reviewing it, the program does not seem to hold much on what and where fiber should be heading in kenya. The program seems to revolve around a concept " when fiber arrives ". There are many excellent contributors on the program list and I hope that the summit will take things to much higher levels of discussion and focus on progress development through commitments. As I mentioned in my earlier contributions on other lists, Kdn and Safaricom ( including Onecom ) made history on July 27th. Safaricom took it further by holding event meetings for cyber owners outside Nairobi while Kdn was also able to push seacom packets all the way to the ugandan border. The summit should, in my view, present the strategies and solutions on offer based on techology, expansion and deployment of the fiber Nationally and across the border.
This also brings me to my second point of contribution : TATA and Point of Presence in kenya :
I was quite glad when recently TATA announced that they would be putting up a POP in kenya for tiered services. To have this pop in kenya was quite an important achievement and goes to show that Fiber will make Kenya a communications regional hub for the region. However, it has recently announced that TATA have gone with Access Kenya on this development. While I have nothing against any service provider or in this case Access Kenya, I believe that TATA have have made a disappointing start on the POP. As far as I know, Access Kenya does not at the moment represent itself as a National Operator nor does its services spread nationally nor across the border into Uganda or Rwanda. I'd have thought that TATA would be considering KDN, TKL or even Safaricom ( Onecom ) for its POP. I hope in future POP operators do realise the impact of their decisions.
Corrections are welcome.
Rgds.
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Hello Muraya, opps sorry for that. techie habits can be bad sometimes.. :-) Mich is a guru on such and will leave the peering comments to him. Comments inline below. On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:48 AM, S.Murigi Muraya <[email protected]>wrote:
Aki,
Please explain what a POP is?
*In its simplest form, a POP is an extension of a core provider's or service provider's network geograhpically. Whatever the provider offers in another country/city is available locally. There are many benefits to this for local Service Providers. In the case of TATA, they will allow service providers to purchase bandwidth from the Kenya PoP which will be able to benefit from the higher speeds and direct links offered. Currently, in order for service providers in Kenya to offer internet links to Asia or South Africa, they needed to buy international fibre through a cable network to London, meaning all traffic would be routed through London rather than through a more direct route.* ** *In addition, TATA's kenyan IP Pop will automatically offer redundant paths for internet traffic going north towards Europe and southwards to South Africa as well as to Asia and India over the SEACOM cable system. Should there be a fibre cut on the route to London, for example, traffic will be diverted through South Africa to ensure that customer services are not disrupted* Rgds.
Bwana Muraya, Thanks very much for the bold question on the abbreviations used by Aki and others. It would be good for the contributors to appreciate that this List has people from various backround including farmers and it would be unfair for one to contribute in Greek without explaining what they mean. Communication is meaningless unless others undestand what you are saying. I agree with Aki that someties techies forget others are listening. I am not trying to attack anybody. What i mean is for ICT to make meaningful contributions in the economy, we must promote it as an enabler just like we use water, electricty to meet our business and domestic needs. Otherwise I believe Fibre Summit is coming at the appropriate time and let's use the forum to move the country and the region forward. Akich Kwach ----- Original Message ----- From: S.Murigi Muraya To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [kictanet] East African Fiber Summit Aki, Please explain what a POP is? How does it work? What are tiered services? Michuki Mwangi could also educate some of us about the KIXP. Am aware he is on travel until next week so .. Why is locally switched (KIXP) data (content) cheaper than internationally routed data (content)? Maybe Aki could explain while we wait for Michuki to tell us more next week. Why would we host our apps locally rather than 'out there'? Am sure this will go deeper @ skunkworks but many on this list also need help too. Kind Regards SMM aki wrote: Good morning, I'm a techie and a regular contributor on skunkslist. I'd like to add some contributions. Any views below are personal and not meant to cause any negative actions etc.. :-) I received an email attachment on the above subject detailing the program of the event. Though I'm not in a position to attend, I wanted to share my thoughts. After reviewing it, the program does not seem to hold much on what and where fiber should be heading in kenya. The program seems to revolve around a concept " when fiber arrives ". There are many excellent contributors on the program list and I hope that the summit will take things to much higher levels of discussion and focus on progress development through commitments. As I mentioned in my earlier contributions on other lists, Kdn and Safaricom ( including Onecom ) made history on July 27th. Safaricom took it further by holding event meetings for cyber owners outside Nairobi while Kdn was also able to push seacom packets all the way to the ugandan border. The summit should, in my view, present the strategies and solutions on offer based on techology, expansion and deployment of the fiber Nationally and across the border. This also brings me to my second point of contribution : TATA and Point of Presence in kenya : I was quite glad when recently TATA announced that they would be putting up a POP in kenya for tiered services. To have this pop in kenya was quite an important achievement and goes to show that Fiber will make Kenya a communications regional hub for the region. However, it has recently announced that TATA have gone with Access Kenya on this development. While I have nothing against any service provider or in this case Access Kenya, I believe that TATA have have made a disappointing start on the POP. As far as I know, Access Kenya does not at the moment represent itself as a National Operator nor does its services spread nationally nor across the border into Uganda or Rwanda. I'd have thought that TATA would be considering KDN, TKL or even Safaricom ( Onecom ) for its POP. I hope in future POP operators do realise the impact of their decisions. Corrections are welcome. Rgds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/murigi.muraya%40gmail.c... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/kwach%40archway-product...
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Mworia Wilfred Mutua -
S.Murigi Muraya