On Saturday 31 December 2005 10:00, Ronny wrote: > Hello thanks for de info Mark, for your info back @ > home Spacenet (ISP) has fibre too though in Kla' only,
Yes, I recall this is the case. In fact, to digress, SpaceNet's reason for not joining the UIXP at the time was that they wanted to run their fibre between Diamond Trust and the UCC building, which the UCC OK'ed. I can't say I remember if SpaceNet joined the exchange. > there is another ISP Siticable it runs fibre in the air > stats show that 50% of Ug's internet data is via > glass already. Yes, I think these were the guys who were introducing cable Tv too. > Very True we just need to get rid of the satellite > prices and there will be cheap ,fast and furious > internet for all.And I hope that one day Ug will link > to the coastal fibre so Telcos/ISP's can give it up > cheaply... Well, don't be surprised if landed fibre offerings are much more expensive than satellite. In fact, in most African countries that have both satellite and fibre access, satellite is still cheaper. In countries like .za, fibre access to the Internet is the norm, so South Africans have gotten used to the pricing, but in other countries like .gh and .ng, although fibre is readily available, offering RTT's of 100ms or less, satellite access is still more affordable. It's a money and political thing involving Telkom SA and some other "heads", so expect Internet to be faster with fibre, but not necessarily cheaper. More than likely, the cost of connecting via fibre will be determined by the local telco, since they will most likely be authorized to land the fibre and interconnect (lease) it between end-points. > though I still wonder why the line rentals > don't drop!!I don't mind about how I connect to the > Telco/ISP (be it frame-relay,wimax,cdma,E1,T1 name it) > but I do mind how slow I get those nice words to the > other party. Competition in this area will help reduce prices - I mean, SpaceNet have fibre, MTN have fibre, most ISP's have wireless, CDMA is en route, ADSL is coming (or is there), GPRS, e.t.c. so distributed last mile solutions will greatly reduce the overall connection prices. In .zw, ZESA (the power company) have a side company called PowerTel that offer last mile access over fibre, with their STM-4 backbone based on fibre too. It's darn cheap (for the bandwidth) - and there's lots of other last mile solutions too. > "Datawise " what we need is how fast we get > to the internet not how slow we do get to the ISP. In general terms, ISP's don't have a problem bringing in bandwidth, regardless of the media. In the end, the common problems are last mile connectivity - now that satellite and fibre services to upstream carriers and providers have become more reliable, don't you mostly find yourself troubleshooting last mile problems, i.e., wireless, dial-up, leased lines, e.t.c. An ISP can bring in 10Gbps if the demand is there, but one of our biggest problems still lies in last mile, it's cost, reliability and availability. > When I look at the figure 2006 I see many things one > of them is; mathematical ,2+0+0+6=8= an octet meaning > a digital year forget that leap year thing. ;-) > I wish you a prosperous new digital year. But Ronny... :). Cheers, Mark.
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