Comments on: African Undersea Cables Update – Jun09

By: Ian D. Samson

Ian D. Samson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:21:42 +0000

Now that Seacom is here and WACS is around the corner, bandwidth and line speed costs ought to start dropping since we have already paid for the infrastructure, but I will not hold my breath as corporate profiteering continues to bleed us all dry. I am fed-up that the most expensive package in the UK for 50Mbps broadband and unlimited bandwidth costs a mere £18 a month (that’s R227.00) compared with the more than R3000 a month (£238) charged by South African companies for 4Mbps broadband and God-knows what cap.

It’s despicable! We deserve and demand that ISPs stop profiteering and give the subscribers a break.

By: Arthur J Mukembo

Arthur J Mukembo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:54:47 +0000

Interesting updates and perspectives these. At about 14:00 today, I attended the ‘Ready for Service’ launch of Seacom in Kampala and had a chance to use the fiber-backed connectivity. It was impressive given what I’m used to experiencing while in Africa.

The biggest disappointment is the EASSy cable. A majority African venture, if I recall, the first to be mentioned, its failed to live up to expectations!

Thank you for tracking the progress of these cables. We’ll keep you posted on when those price changes take effect. Mean time, watch Infocom Uganda and KDN, Kenya.

By: Steve Song

Steve Song — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:43:11 +0000

@louis See my comment to Miquel above. You can help crowdsource a map of African terrestrial fibre on Google Maps. The Africa Terrestrial Fibre Mapipedia.

By: louis

louis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:03:22 +0000

How about a map of the internal fiber networks and the internal capacity ?

By: dapxin

dapxin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:18:13 +0000

Thanks for the svg map. very useful.

+ gr8 blog too. KIU!