Middle Eastern Exchange Points
Joe Abley
jabley at isc.org
Tue Feb 7 21:11:44 UTC 2006
On 7-Feb-2006, at 11:54, Martin Hannigan wrote:
>> I know of a Cairo IXP, and possibly one in the UAE. Is there one
>> in Kuwait as yet?
>
> Yes, KIX. Note, there's CIX and CRIX. If you are trying to
> reach African users, there's also KIX ala Kenya.
The exchange point in Nairobi is called KIXP, not KIX, in case it
helps avoid that confusion. The KIXP is The Place to reach Kenyan
users, but no ISPs from parts of Africa outside Kenya participate in
it, as far as I know. <http://www.kixp.net/>.
Terrestrial paths between adjacent African countries are still
somewhat rare. I don't have science to back this up, but I would not
be surprised if the toplogical centre of today's African Internet
turned out to be the LINX.
Joe
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