<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Stephane this is great news, congratulation to you the AHTIC and all the team.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Roque.</div><div><br><div><div>On May 16, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Stéphane Bruno wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello all,<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>We will shortly share the web address of the Exchange for further information.<br><br>Regards,<br>Stéphane Bruno<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Napla mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Napla@lacnic.net">Napla@lacnic.net</a><br><a href="https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/napla">https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/napla</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>