[af-ix-discuss] Collecting African IXP Colocation Data for research purposes (following on Joint Study which Identifies Infrastructure Development as Top Priority for ICT in Africa)

[roderick.fanou at imdea.org (Roderick)]

Dear all, 

After the first comments I?ve received yesterday, I would like to modify question 4 for more details that will surely benefit the community as well. 

Please consider this version of the questionnaire and answer in the thread. 

1- Could you please give us a list of your members with their corresponding AS numbers ? 

2- Could you please add/validate your IPv4 and IPv6 peering LAN as well as your Administration LAN ?

3- Could you please add the IXP AS numbers if there are any ?

4- a) Is there bilateral peering between network operators at your IXP?

    b) Is there multilateral peering through route servers provided by the IXP (this implies the route servers have an ASN)

    c) * (optional) can peers influence advertisements through the route servers to other peers (by communities) ?

    d) Must peers use the route servers (Mandatory multi-lateral peering) ?

    e) if bilateral peering is done, multilateral peering is available and not mandatory, then please give the approximate shares/percentages of peers doing
         * only bilateral peering
         * both
         * only multi-lateral peering

5- Do you think your IXP would be open to connecting with other IXPs in order to increase peering in your sub-region?

All IXPs should therefore reply to question 4, while those listed below to all 5 questions. 

MR; Mauritania; RIMIX
SD; Sudan; SIXP; 
MU; Mauritius; MUIXP; 
ZW; Zimbabwe; ZINX;
ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica JB;
ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica DB;
ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica CT;
BW; Botswana; BINX; 
AO; Angola; ANGOLA-IX;
SZ; Swaziland; MBabane-IX; 
CI; Ivory Coast; CIVIX;
LR; Liberia; LIBERIA-IX;
BF; Burkina Faso; BFIX;
GM; Gambia; SIXP-GM;
TN; Tunisia; TUNIXP; 
MZ; Mozambique; MOZIX;
RE; Reunion; Renaterix;
NA; Namibia; Whindoek-IX

Comments on the existence or not of these IXPs are welcome.

SC; Seychelles; Seychelles-IX
MG; Madagascar; Madagascar-IX
LS; Lesotho; LIXP
GA; Gabon ; GA-IXP

Looking forward to read you all, 

Thanks and regards, 

Roderick





On Feb 25, 2016, at 7:06 PM, Roderick <roderick.fanou at imdea.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone, 
> 
> Following on this mail. We are currently performing a studying line with the conclusion 3 of the published  ISOC report (Infrastructure development is the topmost priority of ICT African Policymakers today)
> 
> In order to give ourselves the means to analyze (for research purposes) the impact that interconnecting African IXPs would have on the Internet ecosystem, 
> we have been collecting colocation data at these IXPs from IXP websites, PeeringDB, Telegeography's Internet Exchange Map, and PCH. 
> Since those information may not be up to date,  we have tried during the last 2 months to validate it by sending the survey below to IXP NOC administrators:
> 
> As far as your IXP  is concerned, 
> 
> 1- Could you please give us a list of your members with their corresponding AS numbers ? 
> 
> 2- Could you please add/validate your IPv4 and IPv6 peering LAN as well as your Administration LAN ?
> 
> 3- Could you please add the IXP AS numbers if there are any ?
> 
> 4- Is the IXP-AS peering at the IXP platform ?
> 
> 5- Do you think your IXP would be open to connecting with other IXPs in order to increase peering in your sub-region?
> 
> 
> 20 IXPs (52%) replied to our mails out of 38. We thank all IXP NOC admins who answered. 
> However, we believe this is insufficient and are willing to reach 80-90% of IXPs data validation and hence a trustful  list of the IXPs/ IXP members.
> 
> Here are the 18 IXPs that lack:
> 
> MR; Mauritania; RIMIX
> SD; Sudan; SIXP; 
> MU; Mauritius; MUIXP; 
> ZW; Zimbabwe; ZINX;
> ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica JB;
> ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica DB;
> ZA; South Africa; NAPAfrica CT;
> BW; Botswana; BINX; 
> AO; Angola; ANGOLA-IX;
> SZ; Swaziland; MBabane-IX; 
> CI; Ivory Coast; CIVIX;
> LR; Liberia; LIBERIA-IX;
> BF; Burkina Faso; BFIX;
> GM; Gambia; SIXP-GM;
> TN; Tunisia; TUNIXP; 
> MZ; Mozambique; MOZIX;
> RE; Reunion; Renaterix;
> NA; Namibia; Whindoek-IX
> 
> In case the NOC administrator/members of any of those IXPs are members of this mailing list and have not received our mail/have not replied to our survey, it will be helpful, it they could please do so.
> The survey can be filled in 5-10mn (For question 1, you can give a url to your looking glass or to an updated website if there is any).
> If you are an ISP,  member of these IXPs you can also reply in the thread (so that the information is publicly available and useful for everyone).
> Finally, if you have the contact of any of those NOC admin, feel free to send it to us. 
> 
> We have not found any information about the following IXPs. We do not know if they exist and up to now are not planning to  include them in the study :
> SC; Seychelles; Seychelles-IX
> MG; Madagascar; Madagascar-IX
> LS; Lesotho; LIXP
> GA; Gabon ; GA-IXP
> 
> Any comment about them is welcome as well.
> 
> Thanks and regards, 
> 
> Roderick Fanou
> PhD Student @ IMDEA Networks Institute
> Visiting Graduate Sudent @ CAIDA/SDSC
> Mail: roderick.fanou at imdea.org
> Skype: rodricfanou
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 25, 2016, at 4:10 AM, Betel Hailu <hailu at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone- The Internet Society?s Africa Regional Bureau and the African Union Commission (AUC) have released the results of a joint survey focusing on the emerging challenges facing the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Africa. The results, contained in a report setting out the survey findings, highlight infrastructure development as the key consideration for African ICT policymakers today while pointing to a changing set of ICT priorities in the next three years to include data protection and privacy, in addition to connectivity and cyber security. 
>>  
>> 
>> Here?s a link to the press release for more information: https://www.internetsociety.org/news/joint-study-identifies-infrastructure-development-top-priority-ict-africa
>> 
>> 
>> To read the full survey report please go to: https://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-society-and-african-union-commission-survey-african-ict-policy-makers
>> 
>> 
>> Blog post by Dawit Bekele is out on: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2016/02/survey-shows-connectivity-major-concern-policy-makers-africa
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And on social Media:
>> https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/
>> 
>> https://twitter.com/ISOC_Africa
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Betel 
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