Bernard, Right now there are only two functioning fiber cables that run from Kampala to the KE border:
1. UETCL 2. MTN MTN buys cores on UETCL and uses their own as an alternate. Everyone else relies on UETCL. Regards, Kyle ----- Original message ----- > Mark, > > I believe the telcos have alternate paths on the major routes (microwave, > underground fiber, etc), but because their core business is voice, data > tends to get sacrificed in cases such as these. > > My view of Uganda telco economics: > > Voice = pay per second > Data / Internet = pay per month (you will not even recall the 2 day > outage) > > That aside, as the equation changes and data/internet comes to the fore, > we should begin to see some improvements. > > Kind regards, > Bernard > > > On 16 July 2010 11:10, Mark Tinka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Friday 16 July 2010 04:04:11 pm Kyle Spencer wrote: > > > > > I'm not sure we need to govern everything that becomes a > > > "critical" Internet resource. Rather, I suggest taking > > > steps to reduce this resources importance by encouraging > > > the development of alternate dark fiber to Malaba or > > > wherever. > > > > Alternate dark fibre is gravy. > > > > Alternate path will do just fine, thank you very much :-). > > > > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > All Archives can be found at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > 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. --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > Bernard > Cell: +256 712 193979 > Fixed: +256 414 251591 _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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. ---------------------------------------
