On Wednesday 08 April 2009 08:04:34 pm Rob Gipman wrote: > I'm not to sure about those big cost reductions. To much > is still in the hand of global players and the current > sat providers plus African governments that require a cut > to play.
True price cuts will come as more cables are lit. With 3 cables on the east coast scheduled to come online within the next 2yrs, it's a good start. Expect more systems to be built on either side of the continent over the coming years. Don't forget WACS has also just been signed. > Voice will also get a priority over data on the > same links. Yes, but as more and more traffic is moved from satellite to fibre, data will quickly outpace voice. At the moment, all the cable systems being dropped into the sea around the world are mainly being used to drive data. Data is pushing optical engineering to its limits, both on land and sea. > I hear Ivory coast is paying about the same price after > they got onto the fiber running to sa. If you're talking about SAT-3, then I'm not surprised. Mark.
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