<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4769"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4770">Are there privacy implications of such data collection ? <br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4780" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4779"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4778"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4777"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4776"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4775"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Andy Davidson <andy@nosignal.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "afnog@afnog.org" <afnog@afnog.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, February 26, 2016 6:00 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [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)<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1456494675725_4781"><br><br clear="none">Dear colleagues,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 25/02/2016, 23:14, "afnog on behalf of Bill Woodcock" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:afnog-bounces@afnog.org" href="mailto:afnog-bounces@afnog.org">afnog-bounces@afnog.org</a> on behalf of <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:woody@pch.net" href="mailto:woody@pch.net">woody@pch.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Roderick <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:roderick.fanou@imdea.org" href="mailto:roderick.fanou@imdea.org">roderick.fanou@imdea.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>> In order to give ourselves the means to analyze (for research purposes) the impact that interconnecting African IXPs would have on the Internet ecosystem,<br clear="none">>> we have been collecting colocation data at these IXPs from IXP websites, PeeringDB, Telegeography's Internet Exchange Map, and PCH.<br clear="none">>> If you are an ISP, member of these IXPs you can also reply. My mail is: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:roderick.fanou@imdea.org." href="mailto:roderick.fanou@imdea.org.">roderick.fanou@imdea.org.</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">>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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There is an open and pluggable, membership owned and run, globally represented place for Internet Exchange Point data as well - <a shape="rect" href="http://www.ix-f.net/ixp-database.html" target="_blank">http://www.ix-f.net/ixp-database.html</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Andy<div class="yqt9704819325" id="yqtfd85473"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">afnog mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog" target="_blank">https://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>