[see-regional] BHIX = Bosnia and Herzegovina IXP = opening soon!

Excellent news!!!

Ping me if you need anything ;)

Cheers, Jan

On 31/05/2018 11:19, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm happy to share the news I got from Emir Beganovic,
> about the BHIX (Bosnia and Herzegovina IXP) opening soon!
> 
> Regards,
> Vesna
> 
> 
> This is what Emir Beganovic, founder of BHIX initiative, let me know:
> 
>> I am glad that it is finally done after 8 years of me as a student
>> speaking about the idea, and then it getting traction now.
> 
> In the end, as it goes, all really positive things that occurred in a a
> relatively short timespan:
> 
> - IGF (Internet Governance Forum) meeting was held in December last
> year, mentioning importance of IXP
> (http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3568/979)
> 
> - a really nice Minister from the Ministry of Communications & Transport
> understands the importance of IXP
> 
> - NIC in Bosnia and Herzegovina gets selected as neutral point
> 
> - three biggest providers gather together, as they have ever-growing
> traffic, and IXP makes sense for them
> 
> - NIC managed to sign a founding Memorandum with three ISPs
> 
> - 4G is finally coming to the country this year after so many
> unreasonable delays and law changes!
> 
> Name is BHNIX, website will be available at bhnix.ba, nothing there yet
> except a default placeholder, but it should be a main page for all the
> news and statistics in future.
> 
> Looking forward to see changes in the matrix at
> 
> http://sg-pub.ripe.net/emile/ixp-country-jedi/latest/BA/geopath/index.html
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> Here is the official news statement in Bosnian, use Google Translate:
> http://www.utic.unsa.ba/2018/04/17/memorandum-o-uspostavljanju-prve-neutralne-tacke-za-razmjenu-internetskog-saobracaja-u-bosni-i-hercegovini/
> 
> 
> All the best,
> Emir
> 
> 
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