Comments on: African Undersea Cables Interactive http://manypossibilities.net In the beginner's mind there are... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Les Cottrell http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Les Cottrell Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:56:34 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?page_id=699#comment-1617 You probably know this but the PingER project can see hosts in Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya connected up to the Terrestrial link rather than satellite. This is identified by the Round Trip Times (RTTs) dropping from satellite RTTs of > 450 ms to well under 450ms. AS far as I can tell these are all using the Seacom fibre. For more details see https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/IEPM/New+E.+Coast+of+Africa+Fibre You probably know this but the PingER project can see hosts in Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya connected up to the Terrestrial link rather than satellite. This is identified by the Round Trip Times (RTTs) dropping from satellite RTTs of > 450 ms to well under 450ms. AS far as I can tell these are all using the Seacom fibre. For more details see https://confluence.slac.stanford.edu/display/IEPM/New+E.+Coast+of+Africa+Fibre

]]> By: Undersea Broadband Fiber Optic Cables To Africa « Crossed Crocodiles http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1296 Undersea Broadband Fiber Optic Cables To Africa « Crossed Crocodiles Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:13:35 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?page_id=699#comment-1296 [...] to go online by that time, immensely increasing Africa’s bandwith access. Song has an interactive version of his map in which one can view any combination of the different cables or each alone to get a [...] [...] to go online by that time, immensely increasing Africa’s bandwith access. Song has an interactive version of his map in which one can view any combination of the different cables or each alone to get a [...]

]]> By: Emre Gürler http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Emre Gürler Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:14:30 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?page_id=699#comment-1245 Outstanding Mr Song !!! Keep up the great job!! I'll promote your map on our website. This is one of the success factors in order to boost local entrepreneurs that is Africa's Potential real mission. While living in Uganda, the lack of internet conncetion or I should rather say the lack of electricity is one major concern that potential entrepreneuers need in their job when it comes to communicate with the outside world. If all the cables are set and connected to the coastal areas of the African continent, that in the future would meen that countries such Uganda would benefit from this, regardless who the internetsupplier would be. I'll will follow your blog from now on, that's one thing that is for certain! // Emre Gürler Africa's Potential. Outstanding Mr Song !!!

Keep up the great job!!

I’ll promote your map on our website. This is one of the success factors in order to boost local entrepreneurs that is Africa’s Potential real mission.

While living in Uganda, the lack of internet conncetion or I should rather say the lack of electricity is one major concern that potential entrepreneuers need in their job when it comes to communicate with the outside world.

If all the cables are set and connected to the coastal areas of the African continent, that in the future would meen that countries such Uganda would benefit from this, regardless who the internetsupplier would be.

I’ll will follow your blog from now on, that’s one thing that is for certain!

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Emre Gürler
Africa’s Potential.

]]> By: Steve Song http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Steve Song Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:11:05 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?page_id=699#comment-1206 Well, there are official launches and there is lit fibre. :-) Still curious to see whether Teams or Seacom will be first to deliver service. FLAG runs through the Mediterranean and comes down to Port Sudan. That would offer an East West Africa link Well, there are official launches and there is lit fibre. :-) Still curious to see whether Teams or Seacom will be first to deliver service.

FLAG runs through the Mediterranean and comes down to Port Sudan. That would offer an East West Africa link

]]> By: Jellyfish http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/interactive/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Jellyfish Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:35:01 +0000 http://manypossibilities.net/?page_id=699#comment-1204 Hi Steve. News update TEAMS is now complete. The cable will officially be launched tomorrow Friday 12 June 2009 by the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and the Prime Minister Raila Odinga. It will however first commence with some testing before it officially lights up. It's testing phase will however not be as long as that of SEACOM because it is less complex since it connects only two landing stations Fujairah [UAE] and Mombasa [Kenya]. This means that Kenya now has a combined bandwidth availability of 2.4Tb/s which should increase to 3.8Tb/s when EASSy makes landfall next year. I hear that another cable called FLAG is also in the works and will also connect East Africa with West Africa. South Africa is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of all the cable networks because they all will want to connect West Africa and East Africa via SA. Details however are sketchy at the moment. Do you know anything about this cable? Hi Steve.

News update TEAMS is now complete. The cable will officially be launched tomorrow Friday 12 June 2009 by the Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and the Prime Minister Raila Odinga. It will however first commence with some testing before it officially lights up. It’s testing phase will however not be as long as that of SEACOM because it is less complex since it connects only two landing stations Fujairah [UAE] and Mombasa [Kenya]. This means that Kenya now has a combined bandwidth availability of 2.4Tb/s which should increase to 3.8Tb/s when EASSy makes landfall next year. I hear that another cable called FLAG is also in the works and will also connect East Africa with West Africa. South Africa is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of all the cable networks because they all will want to connect West Africa and East Africa via SA. Details however are sketchy at the moment. Do you know anything about this cable?

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