A telecoms company believes that the establishment of internet exchange points (IXPs) in The Bahamas is not immediately feasible for local internet traffic, save for the routing of e-government services, a Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) consultation response reveals.

Last Mile Communications Limited responded to URCA’s call for consultation on the establishment of IXPs, and the company’s response was posted on URCA’s website.

URCA explained in its consultation document that IXPs can make data transmission along the internet locally quicker and less expensive. According to that document, IXPs are “the technical points, infrastructure or facilities through which internet service providers (ISPs) and content distributors/aggregators connect with one another and are thus central to the digital infrastructure for the internet in a country”.

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