Fiber From the red sea that is, so east africa will have an alternative route to submarine fibre.
Prior to the kenyan crisis, there was a lead time of 6 months on this project. May be now its never :-( Powered By MTN Uganda's Blackberry! ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fri Feb 01 14:27:01 2008 Subject: Re: [BULK] [LUG] severed cables disrupt internet Have you guys heard abt the initiative of running the fibre overland thru ethiopia to kenya border? Rgds JB ------Original Message------ From: McTim To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Users Group Uganda ReplyTo: Linux Users Group Uganda Sent: Feb 1, 2008 7:18 AM Subject: Re: [BULK] [LUG] severed cables disrupt internet On Feb 1, 2008 5:19 AM, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 31 January 2008, Noah K Sematimba wrote: > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7218008.stm > > With fibre now coming to the East African region, diversity > will be critical for all interested in taking up bandwidth. I think the operative part of the above sentence is "now coming", which has been the status for the last 3+ years. EA needs to complete the EA backhaul while TEAMS.SEACOM/EASSY/FLAG et. al, get theirs done (or not). I saw this http://www.meoltd.com/site/en/about.html the other day, I wonder if they have the cash to back up their ambitions!? -- Cheers, McTim $ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim _______________________________________________ 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. --------------------------------------- Powered By MTN Uganda's Blackberry!
_______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
