Internet Society of DRC launches IXP in Lubumbashi

News Broadband Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 6 NOV 2019
Internet Society of DRC launches IXP in Lubumbashi

The Internet Society of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched a new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Lubumbashi that will bring faster and more reliable internet access, it said. Currently, internet traffic in Lumbumbashi, the second largest city in DRC is exchanged outside the region and in many cases, outside the country. This results in slow internet speeds and higher access costs. IXPs are used to route traffic that can be kept local instead of sending that traffic to the nearest major internet node (usually located in Europe) and back. 

Technical training, support and equipment to launch this IXP in Lubumbashi (LUBIX) was provided by the Internet Society in collaboration with Facebook. The two organizations announced a partnership in September 2018 to promote IXP infrastructure development throughout Africa.There are currently 45 active IXPs located in 33 countries across Africa.  

 


 

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Internet

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Internet Society

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Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

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Network Access, Launch, Network equipment, Internet Access

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