Nigerians urged to work enhance local Internet traffic
Due to the enormous benefits accruing from the Internet, Nigerians has been urged to work towards keeping traffic search on the Internet local.
Chief Executive Officer of the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Mr. Mohammed Rudman adduced the reasons and benefits of keeping Internet search local, recently during an interaction with the crew of CFA.ng at the IXPN office and monitored in Lagos.
“As a country working towards digitally-driven economy, there is a need to invest heavily in infrastructure, so the country can ultimately keep Internet search local,” Rudman said.
According to him, keeping Internet local in Nigeria will reduce the capital flight incurred in hosting in other countries, which is in US Dollars, as the reduction in capital flight will also lead to reduction in latency as well as higher quality of service.
Rudman explained that the local hosting of Internet traffic would further strengthen the cyber security of the country, as passing of data through international borders is now sidetracked.
He added that it will also ensure business continuity, as Nigeria is dependent on submarine cables for hosting internationally.
“If a natural disaster occurs, such as a Tsunami and damages these submarine cables, this will definitely mean a disruption in the local individual and business communication flow,” he revealed.
He said that hosting of content locally will help build and develop technical skills to manage data centers in the country, instead of depending on other countries that host, and so creating more jobs for Nigerians.
He opined that the country already has the capacity to keep the Internet traffic local, as there abound several Tier3 Data Centres with adequate infrastructure to support the weight.
He posited that most of the Data Centers operators have the potentials to expand their facilities.
Internet Exchange Point is a physical infrastructure, where all internet providers, educational institutions and any other organisations that are IP-centric can get connected, so that they can exchange their traffic locally.
