African States Aim To Improve Internet Interconnections

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @08:14PM from the clearing-the-tubes dept.

jfruh writes A rapidly growing percentage of Africans have access to the Internet — and yet most of the content they access, even things aimed specifically at an African audience, is hosted on servers elsewhere. The reason is a bewildering array of laws in different nations that make cross-border cooperation a headache, a marked contrast to places like Europe with uniform Internet regulations. At the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum in Senegal, a wide variety of Internet actors from the continent are aiming to solve the problem.

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Some first class BS here. by nukenerd · 2014-08-28 00:27 · Score: 1, Interesting

most of the content they access ... is hosted on servers elsewhere
Since when did that matter on the Internet ?

The reason is a bewildering array of laws in different nations
Welcome to the World.

places like Europe with uniform Internet regulations
Tell us about these uniform regulations.