On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:23:17 -0400, Joe Abley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On 2006-09-19, at 03:59, Brandon Galbraith wrote:
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> > Does any fiber run into Zimbabwe? Or is everything via satellite?
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> Having fibre to your neighbiour is the exception in Africa, not the
> rule.
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Remember the (proposed? built?) circum-Africa oceanic cable, with drops to
each (coastal) country? Avoid the politics and instability of depending
on a neighbor.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
