[ncc-regional-middle-east] Peering

Hi,

There has been indeed discussions about building a local internet  
exchange ever since the local ISP's could select where to get their  
international capacity (around last Ramadan). Before that, KACST/ISU  
was effectively acting as an internet exchange in Riyadh and Jeddah.  
As far as I know, CITC is one of the key parties in the decision  
process who is going to build it and when. So far I haven't seen any  
final decisions about it, but hopefully they'll get the decision done  
quickly.


Best regards,
Timo

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Timo Liuska <tic at isu.net.sa>
Senior Network Consultant, Nixu Middle East FZ-LLC
Network Operations Center / Internet Services Unit
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology



On Jul 26, 2007, at 21:26 , Kais Al-Essa wrote:

> Hello all,
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> It was interesting to attend the 1st MENOG meeting in Bahrain. I'm  
> looking forward to such annual meetings.
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> One of the interesting topics for me as an ISP Technical Manager is  
> Peering Points.
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> During the meeting, I didn't see any single initiative about a  
> peering project in the Gulf. However, I've heared about some  
> attempts or projects, but was unable to get anything solid.
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> Therefore, I'm sending this e-mail to the group in order to enquire  
> if anyone knows for sure about any peering activities between Gulf  
> Countries for Internet traffic and if there is anything going on  
> with Saudi Arabia in particular. I personally heared that STC is  
> working on something soon, but again, nothing was solid and I was  
> unable to obtain clear information.
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> Regards..
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> Kais Al-Essa, Founder and Operations & Technical Services Manager
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> Sahara Net
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