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Association of African Internet Service Provider Associations
http://www.afrispa.org/founding.htm
The Internet Service Providers' Association of India
http://www.ispai.in/
Members are shown in a scroll near the top right of the home page.
The Internet Service Providers' Association of Bangladesh
http://www.ispabd .org/content.php?content.17
Internet Service Providers' Association of Nepal
http://www.ispan.net.np/memlist.php
The Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association
http://www.hkispa.org.hk/memberlist.htm
Association de Fournisseurs d'Acces et de Services Internet (France)
http://www.afa-france.com/membres.html
Slovene Internet Service Provider Association
http://www.sispa.org/seznamclani.htm
Nominet UK Internet Names Organization Members
http://www.nominet.org.uk/governance/members/list/
Network Access Points (or Internet Exchanges aka IXs) are also superb sources of
information about local ISPs. NAPs or IXs are the junctions where Internet traffic is
handed off among different Internet providers and networks. Think of them as
performing the same function as airport hubs or highway cloverleaves, where
travelers change from one airline or highway to another. Finding IXs is relatively
easy because there are a couple of sites that provide links to virtually all the
exchanges around the world. The two best free (non-registration) sites are
Colosource's Internet Exchange Points and Exchange Points Around the World. If
you are able to register at websites, TeleGeography's Internet Exchange Points
Directory is free only to registered users.
Telegeography's Internet Exchange Points Directory [Registration Required]
http://www.telegeography.com/products/ix/index.php
Colosource's Internet Exchange Points
Exchange Points Around the World
http://www.colosource .com/ix.asp
http://www.ep .netlep-main.html
It is a simple matter to use an IX directory or list to find ISPs. If I am interested in
Hong Kong, from Colosource's home page, I scroll down to Asia Internet eXchanges
and click on China The Hong Kong Internet eXchange (HKIX), which brings up a
page with a link to "connected lAPs":
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