An Internet exchange or peering point provides layer 2 switching to enable direct and efficient interconnect for parties who wish to enter into peering or transit agreements. You get a port and an IP, then you get to use one MAC address to exchange IP packets with other customers. So, back in the nineties, Telkom [...]
Tagged africa inx, internet exchange, lies, peering, SAIXHaving lived in Cape Town for 2.5 years, and then moved back in Gauteng, I’ve done a fair amount of thinking about why people regard the city as an ideal start-up hub. Yesterday’s Silicon Cape event seems to have spurred some local but non-Captonian bloggers into asking the same question, and concluding that there is [...]
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