Re: [ericas] ISOC white paper: Lifting barriers to Internet development in Africa: suggestions for improving connectivity
S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com> Wed, 08 May 2013 18:18 UTC
Return-Path: <sm@elandsys.com>
X-Original-To: ericas@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ericas@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix)
with ESMTP id 6BB6F21F90AC for <ericas@ietfa.amsl.com>;
Wed, 8 May 2013 11:18:08 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -102.115
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.115 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.485,
BAYES_00=-2.599, USER_IN_WHITELIST=-100]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([12.22.58.30]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com
[127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9tjbupcv92iZ for
<ericas@ietfa.amsl.com>; Wed, 8 May 2013 11:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from mx.ipv6.elandsys.com (mx.ipv6.elandsys.com
[IPv6:2001:470:f329:1::1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id
BB37021F9079 for <ericas@irtf.org>; Wed, 8 May 2013 11:18:06 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from SUBMAN.elandsys.com ([197.224.145.230]) (authenticated bits=0)
by mx.elandsys.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r48IHqO0001624
(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for
<ericas@irtf.org>; Wed, 8 May 2013 11:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=opendkim.org; s=mail2010;
t=1368037083; bh=5HKQPPxSbEcuO1GLe2E+hKaQa49Ou7o926pZdmjso/E=;
h=Date:To:From:Subject:In-Reply-To:References;
b=hKpeRMCpZnDv1pCdhTficoECnWJ7RwmfFLLeNmKjO2TOY8h/eawvAz0eYWZbr/5c5
/ZFxAjUaV6T1ceRRZ4NRw2WytOw05XuZATWsE71SbapeX7pEKCeM/zfoJNpuF+xWPD
x08pCpNgiEj0vfsdJPj5fHgF56CD8kBqXvnYpPDI=
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=elandsys.com; s=mail;
t=1368037083; i=@elandsys.com; bh=5HKQPPxSbEcuO1GLe2E+hKaQa49Ou7o926pZdmjso/E=;
h=Date:To:From:Subject:In-Reply-To:References;
b=WwOOTYagEX5k/sa2tcQ71zNIDiipKeinY6gyqcrbHlvUK0lfMKe6Mv6BMVJLXr19w
zV0XFnKfMkqnXVVBfsTuPp5YImxdBz5s9GbUpvOCuVbigIykYdR52bID78JLX1NNQA
GsESGf6cQpW0wG/ZVlCo8mzbFK7ju4UKdfwlU7A8=
Message-Id: <6.2.5.6.2.20130508101940.0c02ff00@elandnews.com>
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.5.6
Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 10:49:43 -0700
To: ericas@irtf.org
From: S Moonesamy <sm+ietf@elandsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <50D036D9-96B1-4CA5-BA3D-92C9903BFDD6@netapp.com>
References: <50D036D9-96B1-4CA5-BA3D-92C9903BFDD6@netapp.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Subject: Re: [ericas] ISOC white paper: Lifting barriers to Internet
development in Africa: suggestions for improving connectivity
X-BeenThere: ericas@irtf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Discussion list for \"Emerging Regions Internet Challenges And
Solutions\" \(ERICAS\) " <ericas.irtf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.irtf.org/mailman/options/ericas>,
<mailto:ericas-request@irtf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.irtf.org/mail-archive/web/ericas>
List-Post: <mailto:ericas@irtf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ericas-request@irtf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.irtf.org/mailman/listinfo/ericas>,
<mailto:ericas-request@irtf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 18:18:08 -0000
At 08:44 08-05-2013, Eggert, Lars wrote: >FYI - ISOC has just published the following white paper: Intra-continental capacity in South America costs nearly the same as Kenya. It's at least ten times more expensive as in Europe. There was some discussion (I don't remember the reference) about why the cost was so high in Nigeria. Given the high cost it may seem economical to exchange traffic locally whenever it is possible. That's not the case though. The following was posted last year: GIXA 16 Mb/s KIXP 2 Gb/s MEIX 26 Kb/s MIX (no information available) MIXP (no information available) RINEX 99 Mb/s UiXP 35 Kb/s Policy-wise, Kenya and South Africa are interesting to compare. There are many more countries in Africa. I don't think that it is possible to extrapolate from the countries mentioned in the report there is significant diversity within the continent. It is strange that Egypt is not mentioned in the report. The report does not say anything new. The policy suggestions are about connectivity. Is that the barrier to Internet development in Africa? Regards, S. Moonesamy
- [ericas] ISOC white paper: Lifting barriers to In… Eggert, Lars
- Re: [ericas] ISOC white paper: Lifting barriers t… S Moonesamy