Chief executive officer, Tara Systems, one of the pioneer
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country, Mr. Seni Williams, has said that
Internet Protocol (IP) business is still very high.
According to him, Nigerian ISPs are still doing IP business
at the highest cost with lowest speed, smallest capacity and lowest
reliability.
Speaking to DigitalSENSE Business News on “Economics of local hosting: A viewpoint from an
ISP” at a two-day Local Internet Content Forum (LICF) hosted by Nigeria
Internet Registration Association (NIRA) and Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
(IXPN) in Lagos recently, Mr. Williams attributed the situation to lack of
connectivity patronage to local exchange point, which offers multiple service
providers ability to inter-connect with multiple service providers each with
internet connectivity.
He also said that backhaul issue causes cost to both
parties, stressing that IXPs domesticated interconnection assists in mitigating
the challenges
He maintained that some key application drivers for an
economic-driven ISP service includes cost, which must be low and speed, which
must be high so as to have a huge scalability capacity, thereby offering a very
high reliability network or service.
Correspondent/DigitalSENSE Business News
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