Re: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[Brian Longwe <brian at pch.net>]

We've spent a lot of time on the very issues thet you have brought up here
and we've had success on every single one. Unfortunately I cannot disclose
more details until much later. But promise to do a write-up and post it
widely to share our experiences.

Longwe

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 02:44:52AM -0700, Brian Longwe wrote:
> > Having said that, here in Kenya 8 of the top ISPs have gotten together and
> > formed a consortium that is going to aggregate banbdwidth requirements and
> > operate a satellite gateway for delivery of transit services to the
> > members as well as any other ISP requiring transit with a CIR and real
> > SLA.
>
> That sounds extremely interesting, and I think it would be really good to
> write up how you achieved it (politically more than technically) as a model
> for use elsewhere. Is the consortium operated as a non-profit or as a
> company? Who actually runs and maintains the equipment - in the event of a
> service failure, who jumps to fix it? What's the decision-making process for
> allocating chunks of bandwidth to providers and upgrading it, and how is the
> unused segment paid for? Does the consortium have its own employees,
> independent of any individual ISP?
>
> I think the structure has to be right so that all ISPs get treated on equal
> terms and one ISP cannot exert excessive leverage over other ISPs - and
> there are clearly big incentives to get this right. Good work you guys.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alt-Brian.
>


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