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<DIV><FONT face="Californian FB">Dear All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Californian FB">We read with great interest the emphasis
highlighted by many in the recent emails on setting up a regional
IX. This is a great forum and there a lot of developments in the
region surrounding this topic. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Californian FB">With our first facility based in the Kingdom of
Bahrain, we are very well positioned to address the changing market and
meet the critical criteria - one of which is to be carrier neutral and promoting
full transparency. Watch our space before the end of the year
when we are fully operational. </FONT><FONT face="Californian FB"><A
href="http://www.gatewaygulf.net">www.gatewaygulf.net</A> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Kind Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Tariq Husain<BR>Chairman <BR>Gateway Gulf</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fahad@2connectbahrain.com
href="mailto:fahad@2connectbahrain.com">fahad@2connectbahrain.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pfs@cisco.com
href="mailto:pfs@cisco.com">Philip Smith</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=menog@menog.net
href="mailto:menog@menog.net">menog@menog.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 03, 2007 2:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [menog] RE:
[ncc-regional-middle-east] Peering</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>True as long as they allow for peering free and allow other
transit providers there. Considering landing station owners are also in the
transit supply business, this will be very difficult!<BR><BR><BR>Sent from my
BlackBerry® wireless device from MTC-Vodafone<BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Philip Smith <<A
href="mailto:pfs@cisco.com">pfs@cisco.com</A>><BR><BR>Date: Fri, 03 Aug
2007 13:10:05 <BR>To:Fahad AlShirawi <<A
href="mailto:fahad@2connectbahrain.com">fahad@2connectbahrain.com</A>><BR>Cc:menog@menog.net<BR>Subject:
Re: [menog] RE: [ncc-regional-middle-east] Peering<BR><BR><BR>Hi
Fahad,<BR><BR>Fahad AlShirawi said the following on 3/8/07 08:24:<BR>> God
I am way behind in my emails....<BR><BR>Keep up, keep up!! ;-)<BR><BR>>
Amjad, we had Flag discuss the IP pops with us during the last MENOG.<BR>>
However, this is operator specific: Flag. Not carrier neutral. This
won't<BR>> help with IX propagation or peering. It's more of a transit
business. If<BR>> they aggregate regional traffic, it's so they'll have a
better transit case<BR>> not because they'll allow us to swap
traffic.<BR><BR>Well, I think it actually would end up being a win-win for
both<BR>localised peering at an IXP, and for the transit business.
Certainly<BR>seems to be win-win most other places around the
world.<BR><BR>Local IXP has lots of ISPs peering with each other (peering =
zero cost<BR>exchange of local routes). And if these ISPs want to get
transit<BR>somewhere (transit = paying someone to carry your routes/traffic),
then<BR>a transit provider or few being present at those IXP locations
means<BR>they can serve that need.<BR><BR>If there are lots of IXPs, then the
transit providers (plural) provide<BR>the paid transit between the ISPs
participating in the various
IXPs.<BR><BR>philip<BR>--<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>