Re: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[Brian Longwe <brian at pch.net>]

On Tue, 13 May 2003, ALAIN PATRICK AINA wrote:

>
> > 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.
>

but v. often this is very difficult to establish until you have actually
offloaded the local traffic (via an exchange?)

So, who came first the chicken or the egg?

;-)

Longwe


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