On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 16:28 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > if we could lay all the plans head-to-head, we would be in mombassa already. > > 4 sea-cables broke the last week, so give it a week or two, and we are going > to be the last people having Internet access, just *because* we are on > satellite. >
Where internet = connecting to Europe and USA ? wire > On Tuesday 05 February 2008 16:13:11 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There was a more recent plan to extend the Fibre that Ethiopia has access to > > all the way to Kenya Border, and Uganda was to feed off the fibre via the > > border links to Kenyan telcos > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Wire James > > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:08 PM > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > > Subject: Re: [BULK] [LUG] severed cables disrupt internet > > > > > > > > > > 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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