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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/Jul/19 17:28, Christopher Morrow
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Isn't the OP really asking here (not to have their selection of
platform wrangled..):
"Where should I target my search: ZA only? is there anywhere else
worth dropping my request?"</pre>
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The easiest regions will be East (Kenya) and South (South Africa). <br>
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and:
"Are there likely providers of solid colo aside from
seacom/tinka-net or workonline/ben-net ?"</pre>
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<font face="Tahoma">SEACOM and Workonline just do network. <br>
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For co-lo, we have solid operators in East and South:</font><br>
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<li><font face="Tahoma">Teraco - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.teraco.co.za/">https://www.teraco.co.za/</a> - who
will give you excellent co-lo in Johannesburg, Cape Town and
Durban.</font></li>
<li><font face="Tahoma">iColo - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icolo.io/">https://www.icolo.io/</a> - who will
give you excellent co-lo in Mombasa. Nairobi is due to open by
September this year.</font></li>
<li><font face="Tahoma">Raxio - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.raxio.co.ug/">https://www.raxio.co.ug/</a> - who
will give you excellent co-lo in Kampala. Door open in
December this year.</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Tahoma">Teraco run NAPAfrica, which is Africa's
largest exchange point by traffic switched -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.napafrica.net/">https://www.napafrica.net/</a>. They also have instances of the
INX-ZA exchange points, which are JINX (Johannesburg), DINX
(Durban) and CINX (Cape Town).</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">iColo will be deploying an instance of KIXP
(Kenya IXP) - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=11648">https://www.tespok.co.ke/?page_id=11648</a> - and
Asteroid - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.asteroidhq.com/">https://www.asteroidhq.com/</a>.<br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Raxio will also host an instance of the UIXP
- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.uixp.co.ug/">https://www.uixp.co.ug/</a>.</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma">From a network standpoint, you have a few
options:</font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="Tahoma">SEACOM - AS37100</font></li>
<li><font face="Tahoma">Workonline - AS37271</font></li>
<li><font face="Tahoma">Liquid - AS30844</font></li>
<li><font face="Tahoma">WIOCC - AS37662</font></li>
</ul>
<p><font face="Tahoma">These are the main network operators that run
a good deal of network between Europe, Eastern Africa, Southern
Africa and parts of Asia-Pac.</font><br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Hope this helps.<br>
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<p><font face="Tahoma">Mark.</font></p>
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