<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"></div>I've said it before but the AfPIF is likely the single best event the the Internet Society presents. Interconnection is the lifeblood of the Internet. It's an organic and dynamic ad hoc process that is little understood, one might say esoteric. The AfPIF serves to illustrate and educate on it's arcane secrets.<br>
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<tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "The 5th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) takes place from 26-28 August, 2014 in Dakar, Senegal. This year the focus is the future of peering in an era where the cost of transit is declining. The event also seeks to discuss regional interco" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px">
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