EASSy bandwidth here next month

[Reaver.ZA]

wired is obviously better...but a stable wireless connection at 21mbps 3G like speeds: unshaped uncapped at R400...no brainer

stable wireless connection (lol)
at 21mbps 3G like speeds (LoL)
unshaped uncapped at R400 (LOL:wtf

 

[LFX]

MTN are involved? Fail.

+1

I wouldn't get too excited... mtn, telkom and neotel are involved.... so let's expect the worst

 

[Knersus]

wired is obviously better...but a stable wireless connection at 21mbps 3G like speeds: unshaped uncapped at R400...no brainer

The problem is with your usage of the word STABLE... wireless is never stable....

 

[Le^stat]

They should employ Andrew Alston to manage this cable...

 

[sparticus]

Why do all the cables land in Mtunzini? Isn't that a bit daft in terms of redundancy? A little terror activity, using nuclear, chemical or biological warfare could wipe out the infrastructure, or complicate the maintenance, for all the cables in one go.

I think we will have much bigger problems that internet connectivity if a little terrorist activity wipes out the cable in one go

The question I have is how much will this impact our lives ? We saw with Seacom the huge changes it brought about , prior to the arrival R70 a Gb was a cheap , suddenly it was down to R29 which remains the standard today , can we expect R19 ? Or dare I say R10 evens ? Will we even bother with per Gb pricing and instead worry about uncapped shaped vs unshapped ? Mouth watering prospects and after many years of waiting I am over the moon its almost a reality. My first adsl line was a 192kb with a 1Gb cap !! My how things have changed !! I dint even want to mention my 48k Dialup line of the Telkom R7 a weekend special !! LOL

 

[rpm]

Not a moment too soon.

But maybe a few weeks too late If it is already being tested would it not be good to give MWEB a few Gbps to see what the performance is like?

 

[sparticus]

But maybe a few weeks too late If it is already being tested would it not be good to give MWEB a few Gbps to see what the performance is like?

Great idea RPM , certainly would have made my day last week

 

[MFour]

Testing the entire system end-to-end is currently under way, and it is likely that this testing will be completed within the next two weeks.

I just hope they don't hit their cap before they finished their testing

Good news indeed, now let's hope we (the consumer) get to reap the benefit soon.

 

[Pilgrim]

Hmm, Seacom is broken, yet they managed to get restoration? I wonder if Seacom is helping eassy test their cable

 

[murraybiscuit]

stupid question... are there any significant native latency differences in these cables?
... surrounding networks aside.

 

[BGE]

Looking at the graphic of present/under-construction/planned undersea cables, I'd say that WACS(5120 gigabits) will have the most notable effect on the SA market, it's almost twice the capacity of SAFE3, SEACOM and EASSy jointly(3040 gigabits)... but again the usual names are behind it... Telkom, Neotel, Vodacom, MTN...

Map:
http://clivemind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/undersea_cables_in_africa.png

 

[LazyLion]

stupid question... are there any significant native latency differences in these cables?
... surrounding networks aside.

No, there should not be any significant difference in latencies. The limitations are due to physical restraints (the sheer distances involved) rather than any logistical constraints. New relay technologies can improve the situation slightly but not significantly.

If you want better latencies... move to another continent. Sorry

 

[plugger123]

I think attention will now fall heavily on last mile access since international will probably get much cheaper. But I've never heard of a wireless connection as stable as ADSL. There is no motivation for Telkom to upgrade their ADSL network to handle increased capacity. So maybe that will be the next bottleneck. Maybe wireless will take off in South Africa if somebody can manage to provide something that is stable and that outcompetes ADSL in price.

 

[Peon]

Can any telecom analysts say when we (subscribers) can benefit from the EASSy cable?

 

[LazyLion]

Can any telecom analysts say when we (subscribers) can benefit from the EASSy cable?

When prices come down.

 

[gregmcc]

This is good news!!

 

[TofuMofu]

This is awesome news. More redundancy and a little drop in the price

Not that prices are bad now, but better service quality will make do

 

[Peon]

When prices come down.

Somehow I dont think the major operators will act in our best interest and drop the prices because theres a new piece of tail in town.

 

[BGE]

Because of the nature of our business we rely on 3G, in the early days the stablility was up to $h%t... but since the start of this year it's improved dramatically... your 3G remains connected for days on end without a single issue... it's just the latency that remains high... on 115 pings to a local server:

Minimum = 100ms, Maximum = 1169ms, Average = 130ms

To a UK based server:

Minimum = 260ms, Maximum = 1629ms, Average = 371ms

 

[LazyLion]

Somehow I dont think the major operators will act in our best interest and drop the prices because theres a new piece of tail in town.

and you base that on??? ... prior experience? Market analysis? Economic forecasts?

What would you say was the major price trend over the last year since Seacom went live?