someone on bbc radio a while back said broadband connections cost less than US $40 a month. the bbc correspondent was shocked at the figure. can they afford this with GIX? if so when will we in uganda have affordable broadband? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Re: Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet Exchange > Point) > (Ernest Byaruhanga) > > From: Ernest Byaruhanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linux Users Group Uganda > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:33:37 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > > On Tuesday 18th October 2005, the entire Internet > fraternity in > > Ghana would be gathered at the Ghana India Kofi > Annan Centre of > > Excellence in the company of the Hon. Minister of > Communication and > > the French Ambassador > > as usual, politicians only come in after the techies > have toiled :-( > > e > > > From: Guido Sohne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Linux Users Group Uganda > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 18:14:44 +0000 > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > Actually, I am quite impressed with your > intelligence gathering > network :-) I got this email just as I was sitting > in at the actual > launch ceremony, so you are very fast to receive and > distribute your > information. Yesterday we did the actual setup for > the routers. > > Dear LIST: > > I was at the AFRISPA GIX workshop, where I had some > fun getting to > know the Cisco routers and the people who manage > them better. It's > not rocket science but it is very interesting and a > lot can be > learned from monitoring the traffic. I think I > remember you guys > talking about your exchange and it's my turn to ask > for some advice. > > What sort of monitoring are you doing and what are > you seeing over > time? I don't know how long your exchange has been > up for so letting > me know that would also help place your experience > into context. If > you are more comfortable with an off list reply I > would also > understand and respect that. > > -- G. > > On Oct 18, 2005, at 5:54 AM, David Ziggy Lubowa > wrote: > > > > [snip from AfriSPA list ] > > > > > > Press Release > > For Immediate Release > > (Contact; Eric M.K Osiakwan - [EMAIL PROTECTED], > 0244.386792) > > > > LAUNCH OF GHANA INTERNET EXCHANGE (GIX) > > > > On Tuesday 18th October 2005, the entire Internet > fraternity in Ghana > > would be gathered at the Ghana India Kofi Annan > Centre of > > Excellence in > > the company of the Hon. Minister of Communication > and the French > > Ambassador to Ghana to officially launch the Ghana > Internet > > eXchange (GIX > > @ www.gixa.org.gh). The Ghana Internet eXchange > (GIX) is the facility > > which keeps Ghanaian Internet traffic in Ghana. > GIX allows local > > Internet > > Service Providers and Network Operators to easily > exchange traffic > > within > > Ghana, while improving connectivity and services > for their customers. > > > > BENEFITS > > The value of an IXP is clear to governments, > regulators, industry > > experts, > > and industry members for good reason: it usually > heralds significant > > development and opportunities for new revenue in > the local ICT > > industry. > > It is because of this eventual national pay-off > that IXPs are usually > > financed by donations from individuals, > organizations, corporations, > > governments, etc. One point of failure for > Exchanges is attempting to > > finance them by means other than donations or > sponsorship. > > > > The cost of the Exchange is minimal compared with > the benefits. > > Exchange > > points have two benefits (short and long term) > that directly > > address two > > obstacles to ICT growth (international bandwidth > costs and network > > latency). The short-term benefit happens > overnight. Once ISPs are > > connected to the Exchange, they will no longer pay > international > > bandwidth > > costs for local, Ghanaian traffic. This cost > savings, however, is > > not the > > only value of an IXP. > > > > The long-term benefits far outweigh the > short-term. Once the ISPs are > > connected to the GIX, latency or transit time of > traffic becomes a > > fraction of what it was since it stays within the > same network. As a > > result of this increased speed and reliability, > additional "value- > > added" > > services become possible on the national network. > Exchange Points > > make web > > content hosting, audio and video streaming, > E-commerce, E- > > governance, etc. > > possible. Right now ISPs and local businesses > often go outside of > > Ghana > > for advanced Internet solutions such as the above, > taking revenue > > elsewhere. With the GIX, all of that business and > the revenue that > > comes > > with it can come to Ghana creating more > entrepreneurial opportunities, > > jobs, and options for investment. > > > > In Ghana the cost of Internet bandwidth and > connectivity is highest > > compared to the rest of the competitive world. In > one sense the > > cost of > > sending a local destined email is equal to the > cost of sending an > > internationally destined email. To overcome this > anomaly, > > connecting to a > > local or National exchange in this case GIX > ensures that the cost of > > sending a locally destined email is at a lower > cost. With the > > offsetting > > of the local traffic to the exchange point, the > upgrading of > > International > > links of operators can be postponed for an > additional period. > > Therefore > > translating to saving on the International link > capacity. These > > savings > > can further be extended to the operators > customers. > > > > Internet use is enhanced when the end users > realize fast and efficient > > services. Interconnecting to the GIX will improve > access to the local > > content. Consequently improved local > communications, download and > > uploads > > are realised hence increased customer satisfaction > in the quality of > > service provided. > > > > With the GIX being operational, we estimate that > web servers and mail > > servers will be the first value-added services to > take off within > > Ghana. > > ISPs will be able to offer web hosting with more > reliability and > > greater > > connection speeds, and will also be able to offer > "Ghanaian" email > > accounts. The GIX will create an opening for > entrepreneurial co- > > location > > facilities to pop up. It is feasible that these > facilities could > > not only > > host local, Ghanaian content in their premises, > but could also offer > > competitive rates for West Africa in general. > Ghana can become the > > "hub" > > of West African Internet content. > > > > Most Internet users, personal and professional, > use hotmail.com and > > yahoo.com email accounts. Since this traffic will > not be passed > > through > > the Exchange (it is not local traffic as the > hotmail and yahoo mail > > servers are hosted outside of Ghana), users in > Ghana === message truncated ===> From: "Badru Ntege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: "'Linux Users Group Uganda'" <[email protected]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:56:21 +0300 > Subject: RE: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > Hi All > > Guido's question raises an issue I put out some time > back, I have a sun box > donated by Afrispa here which needs configuration to > offer this information > but needed some assistance to configure and install. > > Can I please have some volunteers, you can configure > the box from here or > take it away but I think this data would be very > useful for us all. > > I would also like to ask this list to actively look > into how we develop our > IXP. It has been up and running for over three > years now but besides the > local routing of traffic we have not got any added > value. > > The guidelines of the IXP mean that not only ISP's > can peer but also private > hosting entities or those organizations that need > separate their internet > traffic from local (UG) traffic. > > I would like to put the challenge out to our techie > community, please > remember as ISP's it is in our interest to charge > for every bit of traffic > so it will not be the ISP's that will offer these > alternative services, > however if the requirement is user driven we will > respond. > > Regards > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:57:06 +0300 (EAT) > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > >> On Tuesday 18th October 2005, the entire Internet > fraternity in > >> Ghana would be gathered at the Ghana India Kofi > Annan Centre of > >> Excellence in the company of the Hon. Minister of > Communication and > >> the French Ambassador > > > > as usual, politicians only come in after the > techies have toiled :-( > > Ernest, did you want it any other way? > > Wire > > > > > e > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever > posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not > responsible for them in any > > way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:31:00 +0200 > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > On Wednesday 19 October 2005 06:56, Badru Ntege > wrote: > > > The guidelines of the IXP mean that not only ISP's > can > > peer but also private hosting entities or those > > organizations that need separate their internet > > traffic from local (UG) traffic. > > Badru, I suppose for all intents and purposes, the > infrastructure is now available to allow all the > ideas > we are cultivating come to pass. As you say, it's up > to > us (the techies and non-techies) to take full > advantage > of the 'superhighway' that lies at the basement of > the > UCC building. > > I think it'd be up to us to generate demand for this > > bandwidth. Approaching banks with ideas on Internet > banking, local Internet broadcasting, e.t.c.; these > are > services potential customers may not envisage, which > > leaves it up to us to create products that are > previously not there (which really shouldn't be a > hard > sell). > > Mark. > > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:32:57 +0200 > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > On Tuesday 18 October 2005 20:14, Guido Sohne wrote: > > > I was at the AFRISPA GIX workshop, where I had > some > > fun getting to know the Cisco routers and the > people > > who manage them better. It's not rocket science > but it > > is very interesting and a lot can be learned from > > monitoring the traffic. I think I remember you > guys > > talking about your exchange and it's my turn to > ask > > for some advice. > > Guido, how many members are peering? Any initial > indications on how much traffic is being exchange > yet? > > Mark. > > From: "Badru Ntege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:40:14 +0300 > Subject: RE: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > That's it in a nutshell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Tinka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:31 AM > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > On Wednesday 19 October 2005 06:56, Badru Ntege > wrote: > > > The guidelines of the IXP mean that not only ISP's > can > > peer but also private hosting entities or those > > organizations that need separate their internet > > traffic from local (UG) traffic. > > Badru, I suppose for all intents and purposes, the > infrastructure is now available to allow all the > ideas > we are cultivating come to pass. As you say, it's up > to > us (the techies and non-techies) to take full > advantage > of the 'superhighway' that lies at the basement of > the > UCC building. > > I think it'd be up to us to generate demand for this > > bandwidth. Approaching banks with ideas on Internet > banking, local Internet broadcasting, e.t.c.; these > are > services potential customers may not envisage, which > > leaves it up to us to create products that are > previously not there (which really shouldn't be a > hard > sell). > > Mark. > > > > From: Ernest Byaruhanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:30:48 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LUG] Launch of GIX ( Ghana Intenet > Exchange Point) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on > 10/18/2005 11:57 PM: > >>>On Tuesday 18th October 2005, the entire Internet > fraternity in > >>>Ghana would be gathered at the Ghana India Kofi > Annan Centre of > >>>Excellence in the company of the Hon. Minister of > Communication and > >>>the French Ambassador > >> > >>as usual, politicians only come in after the > techies have toiled :-( > > > > > > Ernest, did you want it any other way? > > yes - if the techies could setup the IX and > "commission it", and party > without the ministers - could be more fun :-) > > politicians tend to want to take credit of what they > have not done > > e > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). 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