I know of some plans o extend fibre through Sudan. Currently the one from Khartoum reaches a town about 400Km north of Juba with a name that starts with Ma.... I understand when southern sudan settles, the link will extend to West Nile. Lets hope for the best.
Wire On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 14:59 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > --------------------------------------- >
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