[LACNIC/Napla] Launch of the Haitian IXP

[Milton Kaoru Kashiwakura]

Hi Stéphane,

Congratulations !!!

Regards,

Milton Kaoru Kashiwakura
NAPLA moderator
Phone: +5511 55093530
Email: mkaoruka at nic.br
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German Valdez wrote:
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> Hi Stephane
>
> Wonderful news. It's a big achievement for .ht community.
>
> Congratulations to you and all the people involved in this project.
>
> German
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> On 16/05/2009, at 9:20 PM, Stéphane Bruno wrote:
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>> Hello all,
>>
>> It is a pleasure to me to announce that the AHTIC Internet Exchange 
>> Point (AIX) has been established and is operational since May 5 2009. 
>> The IX is operated by the not-for-profit Association Haïtienne pour 
>> le développement des TIC (AHTIC). AHTIC regroups all operators 
>> (Telephony and ISP), computer vendors, integrators and developers, 
>> consultants, universities and all businesses evolving in the ICT field.
>>
>> The establishment of the IX is a result of a number of years of work 
>> to build trust among operators, to convince them of the benefits of 
>> the IX. Several meetings and workshops have been organized on the 
>> matter, and we had the support of many organizations along the way, 
>> like UNDP, AFNIC, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, LACNIC, 
>> PCH, and finally NSRC from the University of Oregon which donated the 
>> equipments and helped setup the IX.
>>
>> Currently, there are 4 ISP connected to the IX, a fifth one will join 
>> shortly after having completed its assignment of ASN and IP from 
>> LACNIC. Then, the next one will be a GSM operator which also provides 
>> Internet access. This represents 6 operators on a total of 9 
>> operating in Haiti.
>>
>> Special thanks to Steven Huter, José Dominguez, Alain Aina, from 
>> NSRC, and special thanks to Max Larson Henry who worked on the 
>> project with me during all those years, and to Reynold Guerrier who 
>> was the first to bring the issue in the 2001 .ht Summit.
>>
>> We will shortly share the web address of the Exchange for further 
>> information.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Stéphane Bruno
>>
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