Nelson, I think that perspective is a little flawed. 15Mbps on satellite costs almost the same price as 100Mbps on fibre... I think I'll leave it up to you to reason out why satellite was shelved.
Unless you want the cost passed down on to you or maintaining satellite links. On 15 March 2012 12:27, mwebaze keikara nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > We had more relaible Internet connections off VSATs before fiber. Well, > Fiber is good and also considering VSAT's high mantainance costs, most > companies had to run fiber as their primary links but my worry is; how can > a whole tier 2 ISP switch off redundancy links on VSAT. Am told even others > decommissioned them. How do they expect to achieve service Availability? > I believe this has been a lesson to most Engineers and companies to always > plan for fail-overs and tolorence. > > Regards. > Nelson. > > > *None of us is as smart as all of us* > ** > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bernard Wanyama <[email protected]> > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:00 AM > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Uganda Internet > > This is something I found regarding TEAMS repair status: > > > · The cable ship NIWA arrived at Salalah spares depot on 11-03-2012. > · Preparations are now ongoing to load spare cable and > jointing kits onto the ship > · Cable mobilization for the Mombasa mission is expected on > 12-03-2012 > · So far we are still on schedule (cable ship expected to > arrive at Mombasa on 18-03-2012, for 4 day repair works ending > 23-03-2012, all going well) > > · We will continue to update regularly, at least every 48 hours. > · Once again we thank you for your patience and understanding > as we try our level best to repair the cable and restore full services > asap. > > > With TEAMS and EASSY down, I think there is little QoS and a lot of > oversubscription on SEACOM. > > Kind regards, > Bernard > > On 15 March 2012 10:38, Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone got a comprehensive picture of what is up with our Internet. As > far as I can tell. > > > > EASSY - Down - Since three weeks ago > > TEAMS - Down - Since yesterday > > SEACOM - Barely holding it together - Last couple of weeks. > > > > As of this morning I know both Orange and MTN are using Seacom? May be > the others are not down but just traffic being routed via Seacom. > > > > ? > > > > > > > > Simon Vass > > Managing Director > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > email: [email protected] > > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > > > -- > Bernard Wanyama > Technical Manager > SYNTECH ASSOCIATES Ltd > Kampala, Uganda > Cell: +256 712 193979 > Fixed: +256 414 251591 > Web: www.syntechug.com > Email: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Mike Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a million chances happen 99% of the time. ------------------------------------------------------------
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