Thread-topic: [apnic-talk] Routing between India & Pakistan
Dear Anurag;
INMHO, This is not technical but political issue. Pakistan is naturally a gateway to Middle East, Central Asia and Europe via land route of Iran-Istanbul-Europe. It can be a Internet hub of the South Asia making a big opportunity for whole region to prosper. Don't know what is hindrance at state levels?
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From: Anurag Bhatia <me at anuragbhatia dot com>
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Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:24:19 +0500
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Subject: [apnic-talk] Routing between India & Pakistan
Hello everyone
Hope community members are having good time at APRICOT & APNIC meet at New Delhi.
I was wondering why there's no direct routes between India & Pakistan? Whenever I am tracing a route between India & Pakistan - it goes via HK/Singapore or London. There are 4 cable landings in Karachi - SEA-ME-WE-4, SEA-ME-WE 3, I-ME-WE and Transworld (TWA-1). Except Transworld - rest all 3 systems touch Mumbai directly. But still I don't see any of Indian telcos peering/selling transit/connecting to Pakistan based backbones. Let me know if I missed something. Maybe no business on layer 3 but selling only submarine fiber circuits on layer 2? Is there's any policy of which prevents such connection?