[194834] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet connectivity in Ghana
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt)
Sun Jun 4 09:04:17 2017
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To: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com>,
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From: "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" <martijnschmidt@i3d.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 15:03:51 +0200
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TISparkle/Seabone also has an IP transit PoP in Accra, plus they have a
partnership with Dolphin Telecom.
On 06/01/2017 05:30 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> All of the licensed mobile phone network operators in Ghana are also ISPs
> and can reach enterprise customers. Within Accra or a few other major
> coastal cities, either by microwave rooftop/tower based links or their
> terrestrial fiber. Should definitely be much faster and more economical
> than satellite.
>
> Interestingly if you look at BGP tables and AS-adjacencies for the major
> Ghanian ISPs and telecoms, it is logically a suburb of London, which is
> where most of the traffic in the recently built West African submarine
> cables goes.
>
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Rishi Singh <rishimusingh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone dealt with getting internet connectivity in Ghana? I've been
>> doing a lot of research and saw some peering plans with Nigeria but nothing
>> solid there yet. Currently a financial client of mine is paying quite a bit
>> every quarter on satellite up link fees.
>>
>> Do any of the major carriers have any direct connectivity into Ghana?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
