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  1. Business Case

    IXPs offer a place for members to exchange local Internet traffic within a country. The IXP provides a competitive alternative to routing ... than purchasing international bandwidth (IP transit) from an upstream provider for routing the traffic overseas.  International bandwidth ...

  2. AXIS - The Fulcrum of Africa's Internet Success

    ... and the Government of Luxembourg will help keep Internet traffic in Africa internal to the continent and avoid expensive international ... Regional project , the AXIS will "reduce traffic load on upstream providers, reduce cost, increase speed, and reduce latency for ...

  3. Glossary

    ... Protocol (BGP) to determine the path along which to route traffic. RIRs assign ASNs. AUP  Acceptable Use Policy - A ... A network's paid traffic, in contrast to upstream traffic for which a network must usually pay transit fees, and peered ...

  4. Glossary of Terms

    ... Protocol (BGP) to determine the path along which to route traffic. Backbone   The main route of a ...   A network's paid traffic – in contrast to upstream traffic, for which a network must usually pay transit fees, and peered ...

  5. IXPs

    ...   IXPs offer a facility for members to exchange IP traffic within the country. This provides a competitive alternative to routing ... than purchasing international bandwidth (IP transit) from an upstream provider for routing the traffic overseas. Given that international ...

  6. What are IXPs

    ... where different IP networks meet to exchange local traffic with each other via a switch .  Copper or fibre cables interconnect ... are able to pass traffic between each other via the 'upstream' Internet.  But if two of the networks are close to ...

  7. Kenya

    ... exclusive monopoly on the carriage of international traffic. Within two weeks, the CCK concluded that the KIXP required a ... pointed out that the local exchange of domestic Internet traffic does not contravene Telkom Kenya’s international monopoly, as all ... in Kenya was exchanged internationally. Roughly 30% of upstream traffic was to a domestic destination. International bandwidth ...

  8. Levelling Up Your IXP

    The growth of the IXP reduces traffic exchange costs, lowers latency, enhances redundancy and attracts ... transit (particularly when charged on a distance rather than traffic basis). This is also an issue where there are multiple IXP nodes since ... operators were able to negotiate better contract terms with upstream transit providers. Prices in the national transit market have declined ...