Hari, Thanks for the info, sounds promesing if the cash is not going to run out as it did with the the cable ring round Africa that was supposed to be in the first place. Rob
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hari Kurup Sent: Mon 11/19/2007 5:02 PM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: Re: [LUG] another cable coming The SEACOM cable talked about will have a landing point in SA and east africa enroute to Italy via the red sea. -- HAri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All very nice but anyone any idea what extra capacity is going to be put in > SA to accommodate the extra traffic it will get from East Africa? > > Sa only has fiber going to the Seychelles and beyond and to the west of > Africa ongoing to Europe. Rumors say it's already at its max in both > directions. > > Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Reinier Battenberg > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:30 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: [LUG] another cable coming > > > It seems cable projects are announced weekly these days. Here is one > > http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/597778 > > And now the math: > > The estimated cost of satellite bandwidth on a monthly lease ranges from > $1,700 to $6,000 megabit/second per month. > The SEACOM cable will be 20% cheaper than the current costs. > > Sorry???? only 20% cheaper??? > > This will be a success similar to the one on the west-coast, which is running > > at 10% of its potential. Real sad. > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG 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 List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
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