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RE: Middle Eastern Exchange Points
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk () iname com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:14:54 -0600
A look at Telegeography's bandwidth maps suggest that the African routes are predominantly coastal. http://www.afridigital.net/downloads/DFIDinfrastructurerep.doc adds some more detail. Frank -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of Joe Abley Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:12 PM To: Martin Hannigan Cc: Howard C. Berkowitz; nanog () merit edu Subject: Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points On 7-Feb-2006, at 11:54, Martin Hannigan wrote:
I know of a Cairo IXP, and possibly one in the UAE. Is there one in Kuwait as yet?Yes, KIX. Note, there's CIX and CRIX. If you are trying to reach African users, there's also KIX ala Kenya.
The exchange point in Nairobi is called KIXP, not KIX, in case it helps avoid that confusion. The KIXP is The Place to reach Kenyan users, but no ISPs from parts of Africa outside Kenya participate in it, as far as I know. <http://www.kixp.net/>. Terrestrial paths between adjacent African countries are still somewhat rare. I don't have science to back this up, but I would not be surprised if the toplogical centre of today's African Internet turned out to be the LINX. Joe
Current thread:
- Middle Eastern Exchange Points Howard C. Berkowitz (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Marshall Eubanks (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Gadi Evron (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Martin Hannigan (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Joe Abley (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Martin Hannigan (Feb 07)
- RE: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Frank Bulk (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Bill Woodcock (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Martin Hannigan (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Bill Woodcock (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Martin Hannigan (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points william(at)elan.net (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Mikael Abrahamsson (Feb 08)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points william(at)elan.net (Feb 08)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Patrick W. Gilmore (Feb 08)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Michael Loftis (Feb 08)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Joe Abley (Feb 07)
- Re: Middle Eastern Exchange Points Bill Woodcock (Feb 08)