It is not impossible but you have to prove the current providers cannot provide you the service. Some resorts in remote islands use VSAT.
To be noted O3B could be a solution too. Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question. On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:58 PM, "Mike Hale" <eyeronic.des...@gmail.com> wrote: > Zaid, Franck: Thanks for the clarification. I forgot to take into > account politics. > > I suppose it's impossible to obtain a VSAT license if you're > transmitting to an out-of-country teleport? > > The technical support side isn't that difficult if you've got > reasonable intelligent people onsite along with spares of > *everything*. > > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Zaid Ali <z...@zaidali.com> wrote: >> VSAT is resold by Telecom Fiji so you are not going to get anything >> different than the Telecom Fiji experience with the added bonus of very few >> folks using VSAT in the country and Telecom FIji doing a poor job of >> operational support of VSAT. I considered VSAT 12 years ago for connecting >> the university medical network I built there but setting aside costs there >> was really no competence from Telecom Fiji to manage this service. If >> something breaks in the earth station a VSAT tech is flown from Australia >> and it can take weeks to fix anything. >> >> My suggestion is to work with Connect folks and explore redundancy from >> either vodafone or digicel as Franck suggested. My experience there has been >> building networks in Suva, Lautoka, Nadi. Skeeve can give more advise for >> all the fun building in the resort Islands :) >> >> Zaid >> >> On Jul 31, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Mike Hale wrote: >> >>> VSAT *isn't* a waste of time if you're willing to spend the money. >>> >>> But that, of course, is the key point. Quality VSAT service costs a >>> LOT of money (3k-5k per asymetrical megabit). Plus, a quality >>> provider will have no problem providing you with BGP. >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Zaid Ali <z...@zaidali.com> wrote: >>>> Fintel and TFL sleep in the same bed essentially. Fintel is the gatekeeper >>>> of the southern cross cable protected heavily by the local government, >>>> your typical monopoly setup. Connect is a business unit of TFL. I think >>>> you can do the math there. >>>> >>>> Fintel does not do BGP out of the country (or didn't the last time I was >>>> there). Forget VSAT, waste of time. >>>> >>>> Zaid >>>> >>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Mike Hale wrote: >>>> >>>>> It looks like Fintel and TFL are both providers for Southern Cross >>>>> cable. That would be your best bet if they can get lines out to you. >>>>> >>>>> Otherwise, there's always VSAT, but that brings a set of other issues >>>>> with it. >>>>> >>>>> Ping me offlist if you want more detail on the VSAT stuff. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Franck Martin <fmar...@linkedin.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> In no particular order >>>>>> >>>>>> Connect.com.fj aka tfl.com.fj >>>>>> Fintel.com.fj >>>>>> Vodafone.com.fj (via a 3G stick) >>>>>> Digicel.com.fj (via a 2G stick, but also via a wireless backbone network) >>>>>> >>>>>> If you want to do BGP or IPv6, good luck! >>>>>> >>>>>> Is that for Fiji Water? ;) >>>>>> >>>>>> These people have very good operational Internet experience in Fiji. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyverma >>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alfred-prasad/0/409/14a >>>>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/skeeve >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/31/12 1:14 PM, "Philip Lavine" <source_ro...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Who offeres Internet Bandwidth in Fiji Islands (Lautoka and Yaqara)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 >> > > > > -- > 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
