Think VoIP trunking, World Cup, MPLS - might make sense to have a landing in ZA. UMEME, Stanbic, and many other giants with ZA parentage.....
2009/8/24 Mark Tinka <[email protected]>: > On Monday 24 August 2009 09:03:05 pm Hari Kurup wrote: > >> It is probably because MTN has a fat pipe out of ZA now >> that they bought Verizon South Africa (AS2905) > > Right, but given that most of .ug's traffic is U.S.- and EU- > bound, not sure it makes sense to have said traffic head > south just to head back up north, i.e., (good) latency, > where possible, may always be better than (high) bandwidth. > > Of course, this makes sense if .ug's primary transit paths > failed, but controlling when the southern path is used is > not easy, as this is mostly a function of networks that > aren't your own, most of the time. > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
