On Friday 27 August 2004 11:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mark > > It is certainly not yet there. The kind of resources we r talking about to > get it there will take a while mobilising plus all the inter territorial > agreements etc etc.
The problems of being landlocked. It should be easier getting it through Mombasa than through Central Africa - less countries to deal with. Having said that, multiple entry points should provide better Layer 1/2 redundancy. > Essentially even after the business men have hammered > outtheir details, politics will come into play and that will also take a > while before a position of harmony is achieved. I don't see this as such a big deal, especially since the funding for the project involves a consortium of interested countries (UG included). The only issue is that individual end-users of the fibre (ISP's, e.t.c.) would not have direct access to it - they'd need to access it through the local telcos, although they will be able to demarcate "circuits" all the way to remote PoP's in Europe/USA. > > We r looking at a possible earliest date of operation being around 2007 Actually, 2007 sounds unrealistically optimistic from where I am standing, I was thinking more like by the close of the decade, if not slightly later. Mark. > > Wire > > > But the last I heard was that SAT-3 was hovering somewhere on the Mombasa > > coast, and what was left was trying to get a way of landing it. Or has > > this > > since changed? > > > > Mark. > > > >> CN > >> > >> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 09:55, Mark Tinka wrote: > >> > On Friday 27 August 2004 02:19, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: > >> > > I agree entirely with you..the technology was fine, still is...what > >> > >> i > >> > >> > > said was that 'overpaid analysts' (some who had no right commenting > >> > >> on > >> > >> > > tech & business)misled gullible and not so gullible business/IT > >> > >> people > >> > >> > > into imagining dotcoms were a replacement for proven brick and > >> > >> mortar > >> > >> > > business models. > >> > > >> > This reminds me (sorry to hijack the thread/subject), anybody what the > >> > status with the coastal fibre is? > >> > > >> > Mark. > >> > > >> > > Joyce > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: Christopher Nambale/Bushnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:14:31 +0300 > >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > >> > > > >> > > > HA ! > >> > > > > >> > > > Hold it right there lady, it wasn't the technology that was to > >> > >> blame > >> > >> > > > for that... It was the good ol' bean counters > >> > > > (http://members.iinet.net.au/~bofh/newbofh/bofh24apr.htm) with > >> > >> their > >> > >> > > > ingenious ways of obfuscating issues. The technology still lives > >> > >> on, > >> > >> > > > it's the accountants and their venture capital friends that have > >> > >> been > >> > >> > > > burnt and burnt hard. But look what they did to an old brick and > >> > > > mortar establishment like Enron...Wizards that's what they are. > >> > > > > >> > > > Anyway we could not have jumped onto that bandwagon because we do > >> > >> not > >> > >> > > > even have anything close to a tech company on our securities > >> > > > exchange. But again, beware of the bean counters. After messing up > >> > >> IT > >> > >> > > > now they ask whether IT does > >> > > > matter....http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/doesitmatter.html, How > >> > >> brazen? > >> > >> > > > CN > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > "Joyce Kyeyune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > 08/26/2004 06:54 PM > >> > > > Please respond to > >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > To > >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > cc > >> > > > > >> > > > Subject > >> > > > Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I guess that's why we had the like of the dot com dot bomb: > >> > > > > >> > > > overpaid analysts predicting the end of sound business models: > >> > > > overated IPOs, "death to the old brick business model"; Companies > >> > > > were advised to "unload the baggage of hard assets, like factories > >> > >> or > >> > >> > > > oilfields, which hold you back in the digital long jump, and > >> > > > concentrate on buzz and brand" > >> > > > > >> > > > This is perhaps the only time I'm glad Uganda is somewhat of a > >> > > > laggard in jumping on tech bandwagons... > >> > > > > >> > > > Joyce > >> > > > > >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > > From: Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > > > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:38:10 +0200 > >> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > Subject: Re: lug_: A little trivia - Did I say that! > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:32, Joyce Kyeyune wrote: > >> > > > > > History repeats itself. I'm sure our great great grandchildren > >> > > > > > will be squealing with laughter when they read things like > >> > >> linux > >> > >> > > > > > was once Microsoft's poor cousin. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > So much for still expecting virii and worms to be carried on > >> > > > > floppies adequately etched "Doom" or "Prince", or something like > >> > > > > that. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I guess history has successfully shown that some of these > >> > >> overpaid > >> > >> > > > analysts > >> > > > > >> > > > > aren't always right. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Who knew that Sir Frank Whittle superior(s) at the RAF back in > >> > >> the > >> > >> > > > > late 1920's/early 1930's would tell him that the jet engine was > >> > >> a > >> > >> > > > preposterous > >> > > > > >> > > > > idea, and that it would NEVER fly? > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Mark. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------- > >> > > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >> > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > > > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > _____________________________________________________________ > >> > > > Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. > >> > > > From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. > >> > > > > >> > > > Powered by Outblaze > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > --------------------------------------------- > >> > > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >> > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------- > >> > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug > >> > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >> http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > > http://www.infocom.co.ug > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
