Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

Another good choice for a major international carrier with a pop in Accra
would be opentransit/France Telecom.

On Jun 4, 2017 6:04 AM, "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" <martijnschmidt () i3d net>
wrote:

> TISparkle/Seabone also has an IP transit PoP in Accra, plus they have a
> partnership with Dolphin Telecom.
>
> On 06/01/2017 05:30 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> > All of the licensed mobile phone network operators in Ghana are also ISPs
> > and can reach enterprise customers. Within Accra or a few other major
> > coastal cities, either by microwave rooftop/tower based links or their
> > terrestrial fiber. Should definitely be much faster and more economical
> > than satellite.
> >
> > Interestingly if you look at BGP tables and AS-adjacencies for the major
> > Ghanian ISPs and telecoms, it is logically a suburb of London, which is
> > where most of the traffic in the recently built West African submarine
> > cables goes.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rishi Singh <rishimusingh () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > > Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
> > > doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but
> nothing
> > > solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a
> bit
> > > every quarter on satellite up link fees.
> > >
> > > Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
> > >
> > > Thank you,