The SEACOM cable talked about will have a landing point in SA and east africa enroute to Italy via the red sea.
-- HAri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All very nice but anyone any idea what extra capacity is going to be put in > SA to accommodate the extra traffic it will get from East Africa? > > Sa only has fiber going to the Seychelles and beyond and to the west of > Africa ongoing to Europe. Rumors say it's already at its max in both > directions. > > Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Reinier Battenberg > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:30 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: [LUG] another cable coming > > > It seems cable projects are announced weekly these days. Here is one > > http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/597778 > > And now the math: > > The estimated cost of satellite bandwidth on a monthly lease ranges from > $1,700 to $6,000 megabit/second per month. > The SEACOM cable will be 20% cheaper than the current costs. > > Sorry???? only 20% cheaper??? > > This will be a success similar to the one on the west-coast, which is running > > at 10% of its potential. Real sad. > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
