Re: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[ALAIN PATRICK AINA <aalain at trstech.net>]

> Against that must be weighed:
> - the cost of getting a circuit to the IX (especially if the local
>   infrastructure is poor-quality copper only, and local leased lines in
>   Africa can be very expensive)
> - the cost of extra equipment at the IX
> - the cost of IX administration (shared between members)

> which generally means that you have to get above a certain size before it
> becomes economically feasible to join an IX.

The best way to show if  an IX is needed is the get from each ISP, real 
statistics about local traffic sent overseas and how percent of bandwith it 
represents.



--alain

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