RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[Brian Longwe <brian at pch.net>]

Us Africans should be very careful about inviting wolves into our
sheepsteads. Some of these International operators are real sharks and
will skin us inside-out before we can say "ngwe!" ;-) - a Kenyanism...

At the end of the day what it boils down to is capital - sheer  $$$

It would surprise most of us here to know that the same (or equal) capital
that these guys use for projects in places like Africa are available to us
as Africans. As long as we are well organised and accountable enough <and
there's even help available in this area>.

So we should be thinking about how we can help ourselves before we go and
bring in the Big Bad wolf to eat us and our children.

Longwe

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Mark Tinka wrote:

> I guess the landlocked countries will need internal assistance, perhaps from
> telcos or private organisations willing to invest in fibre services.
>
> I understand TZ has a new cable service up and coming, using fibre. In UG,
> MTN and some other private companies are building fibre networks. What's
> left is for the border countries and the landlocked countries to
> inter-connect.
>
> If you're lucky enough, you could convince Level3 to come in, but I doubt
> that :-). Basically, some local responsibility for landlocked countries will
> need to be taken into account.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Tinka - CCNA
> Network Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-afnog at afnog.org [mailto:owner-afnog at afnog.org] On Behalf Of
> Michuki Mwangi
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 1:05 PM
> To: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug
> Cc: 'Brian Candler'; antonio at nambu.uem.mz; 'Bill Woodcock'; 'John Tully';
> afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 12:19, Mark Tinka wrote:
> > However, honestly, you won't be able to get that level of trust among
> > various ISPs, unless it's a government ruling. I guess the only way
> > ISPs will be able to share a single transport service is when
> > trans-oceanic fibre makes its way into the country. Only then, do I
> > see ISPs scrambling for a piece of the pie.
> >
>
> True, but how do we also help the landlocked countries ..?.
>
> >From the statistics provided by IDRC on the Internet connectivity in Africa
> www.idrc.ca/acacia. There is fibre on the Western, Southern and Nothern
> Africa. But very little sharing of that Fibre with their landlocked
> neighbours.
>
>
>
> Michuki.
>
>
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