[afnog] NEWS: Collecting African IXP Colocation Data for research purposes (following on Joint Study which Identifies Infrastructure Development as Top Priority for ICT in Africa)

[Bill Woodcock]

> On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Roderick <roderick.fanou at imdea.org> wrote:
> In order to give ourselves the means to analyze (for research purposes) the impact that interconnecting African IXPs would have on the Internet ecosystem,
> we have been collecting colocation data at these IXPs from IXP websites, PeeringDB, Telegeography's Internet Exchange Map, and PCH.
> If you are an ISP,  member of these IXPs you can also reply. My mail is: roderick.fanou at imdea.org.

Actually, it would be more useful if you would reply to the list, or to PCH as well, so that the public information can be updated.  We prefer that this information all be publicly available, so that it can assist ISPs in making better infrastructure-deployment decisions, and regulators and economists make more data-driven policy.

                                -Bill




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