[rpd] Statistics on IPV4 allocation in Africa as of 2016

[sm+afrinic at elandsys.com]

Hi Nishal,
At 03:10 12-09-2016, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:
>i don't live in the US, so i can't speak to that.  but, fwiw, i 
>*did* live in mauritius for a few years.  i recall there being choice then.
>i hope, for the sake of competition, that hasn't changed.  i'm 
>guessing, by looking at the participant list at the MIXP, that it hasn't.

I guess that whether there is competition or not is a matter of 
opinion.  In my opinion, it is useful to understand the local context 
instead of relying on a participant list only.

>i wrote to the administrator of the MIXP switch - aka the ixp.
>i asked them if there was indeed a two day outage as alluded to.
>i guessed at the date from the article - sometime in feb/march 2016.
>they said no.  i have no reason to believe that they would be lying to me.

I reported the August incident to Afrinic.

Regards,
S. Moonesamy