Richard definitly has the power to do so ;-) This is not bad, per se. In the pre-bubble days in the netherlands, there was a company doing a lot of digging. They would lay fiber for up to 5 companies at the same time. They just took the liberty to add an extra string for themselves, while they were at it.
That company is now a major ISP. There is no concept of too much fiber. Not in my book at least. rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net Be a professional website builder: www.easysites.ug On Monday 28 September 2009 17:48:53 herb wadulo wrote: > I actually thought the initially phase of the NFB was already complete a > whilst ago.I know for a fact that MOF is running their video, voice and > data off it. The fibre being put in the ground by ATX is Warid fibre. Why > everybody has to dig their own fibre still beats my understanding. Logic > would have it that the money the Chinese government gave GOU for the fibre > would have provided for enough capacity for various entities to lease it. > As it stands the NFB is bound to be used by GOU's ministries and affiliated > bodies. Soon we might have Richard and his crew also digging up the nation > to cater for their own capacity. > Herb > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure, I presumed National Fibre Backbone, but thinking about it that > > would not make sense, if the project is on hold. > > > > > > > > > > Simon Vass > > Technical Manager > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > email: [email protected] > > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Wire James" <[email protected]> > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, 28 September, 2009 16:01:32 GMT +03:00 Iraq > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Uganda's National Backbone Project > > > > > > Simon > > > > You mean this new digging by Atx in Mbuya and along Jinja Rd is for the > > National Backbone and not Warid? > > > > Wire > > > > > > On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 15:06 +0300, Simon Vass wrote: > > > > LOL, not very would be my guess. Maybe we should start taking pictures > > and having a national fibre backbone watch! Can't say it was much better > > when they were in Tank Hill Muyenga, I also suspect that they really were > > going down 1m in places. Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: > > [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message > > ----- From: "Rob Gipman" < [email protected] > To: > > [email protected] , "Linux Users Group Uganda" < [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, 28 September, 2009 11:00:46 GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: > > [LUG] Uganda's National Backbone Project Saw ATX redigging the fiber > > cable in Mbuya, port bell rd. Now the pvc pipes have come to put the > > current bare fiber core in duhh... I wonder how reliable that is going to > > be! Gip On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 11:23 +0800, Mark Tinka wrote: > So, taking > > a bite out of this week's Balancing Act article > on the national > > backbone: > > ----- > > "He said the project will roll out a voice and > > video network > across government offices and agencies. "We will also > > > procure Internet services centrally through the use of the > Common > > Internet Gateway that will be based at the Uganda > Communications > > Commission (UCC)," he said." > > ----- > > Curious why the UCC is being > > involved in upstream > connectivity. > > For a moment there, I thought it > > was back to the stone-age > :-). > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). 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