Thanks for the info James! On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 18:07 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > MTN is at Malaba on fibre > > S e n t f r o m m y B l a c k B e r r y ® s m a r t p h o n e > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Gipman <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:28:08 > To: <[email protected]>; Linux Users Group Uganda<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Uganda's National Backbone Project > > Yup MTN said no to that one i believe and started digging their own > fiber towards KE. That stopped tough after Jinjja due to forever road > construction and many fiber cuts. Don't know the current state so > perhaps it budgeted again. > > On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 17:57 +0200, Hari Kurup wrote: > > On 9/29/09 10:49 AM, Wire James wrote:- > > > Herbert > > > > > > The grapevine has it that Warid approached the MoICT with a request to > > > use the National Backbone for capacity. After 8 months of waiting for a > > > response and getting noe from the ministry, they decided to start > > > digging their own. See how people in Govt aren't business minded? > > > Reminds me of the UETCL official who 4 years ago when asked why they > > > were not leasing out capacity on their fibre, the chap responded by > > > saying that UETCL doesn't need to put other people on the fibre that > > > they have laid on their power lines. He stated how it was for them > > > exclusively. A few months back, I saw an advert where they were inviting > > > companies to help them commercialise that data capacity. I wonder what > > > he has to say now. > > > > UETCL has always wanted to lease their fibre from 5 years ago. Except > > that they asked for way too much money. IIRC, they quoted $20,000 per > > month to Infocom. I don't know what it is now. > > > > -- > > Hari > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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