grok
Honorary Master
I know its only supposed to go live in Aug but that's like 2 months away. Why no news about EASSy? Anyone with information about progress etc?
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DarkStreet
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The official site doesn't have much up-to-date info and the press release on the front pages is dated 2008. Doesn't look like they'll bother to be involved in the community like SEACOM is.
grok
Honorary Master
My point. Why no mention of anything EASSy related? Shouldn't this be big news?
DarkStreet
Expert Member
I would think so. I'm sure Telkom has a pretty big stake in this so I wonder if this will bring the kind of cost reductions SEACOM did...
DarkStreet
Expert Member
This gives a good picture of coming and current cables: http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/
I know a few guys in the industry who say many ISPs are taking a huge risk with their current offerings with the hopes that they can recoup after WACS is active.
I know a few guys in the industry who say many ISPs are taking a huge risk with their current offerings with the hopes that they can recoup after WACS is active.
All the usual suspects are equity partners in WACS.
No doubt, they'll get together in a hotel lounge in Paris (or some place far, far away) and decide how they are going to set their pricing to recover the $600M they are putting in under the sea.
I don't expect any surprises as far as costs go when WACS goes live.
Are the companies that have taken a gamble on WACS, cash rich enough to make a gross loss on every gig they sell between now when their new links are commissioned?
Remember, the "undersea" cost for Telkom, Vodacom, Neotel, MTN, and Broadband Infraco will effectively be free as they own the cable.
How can Company A rent bandwidth on a cable and think they can compete with Company B who own the cable and who's rental component is zero?
However, come 2012 when ACE arrives, there will be fun.
No doubt, they'll get together in a hotel lounge in Paris (or some place far, far away) and decide how they are going to set their pricing to recover the $600M they are putting in under the sea.
I don't expect any surprises as far as costs go when WACS goes live.
Are the companies that have taken a gamble on WACS, cash rich enough to make a gross loss on every gig they sell between now when their new links are commissioned?
Remember, the "undersea" cost for Telkom, Vodacom, Neotel, MTN, and Broadband Infraco will effectively be free as they own the cable.
How can Company A rent bandwidth on a cable and think they can compete with Company B who own the cable and who's rental component is zero?
However, come 2012 when ACE arrives, there will be fun.
Information on EASSy
You can find the latest news about EASSy progress at http://wiocc.wordpress.com - the WIOCC blog. There is also more up-to-date system information on the WIOCC website at www.wiocc.net
To summarise status, the EASSy system is in the water - installation was completed on April 19th 2010 - and is currently being tested. Initial testing is complete and end-to-end system testing will start shortly. The first shareholder traffic will be on the system during July and EASSy will be open for general business from August.
Thanks for the feedback on the EASSy website. Its been recognised that it needs some work (to say the least!) and a new site will be going live shortly.
Whilst WIOCC is the sales and marketing end of EASSy, we don't yet have the marketing resources of Seacom. We've also been very careful not to over-hype the arrival of the system... but it seems that we may have underplayed it for you folks!
For any information on EASSy or WIOCC, please contact us at [email protected]
I'm particularly concerned, Grandmaster, about your experience. Please get in touch at the above address and I'll do what I can to improve your experience.
You can find the latest news about EASSy progress at http://wiocc.wordpress.com - the WIOCC blog. There is also more up-to-date system information on the WIOCC website at www.wiocc.net
To summarise status, the EASSy system is in the water - installation was completed on April 19th 2010 - and is currently being tested. Initial testing is complete and end-to-end system testing will start shortly. The first shareholder traffic will be on the system during July and EASSy will be open for general business from August.
Thanks for the feedback on the EASSy website. Its been recognised that it needs some work (to say the least!) and a new site will be going live shortly.
Whilst WIOCC is the sales and marketing end of EASSy, we don't yet have the marketing resources of Seacom. We've also been very careful not to over-hype the arrival of the system... but it seems that we may have underplayed it for you folks!
For any information on EASSy or WIOCC, please contact us at [email protected]
I'm particularly concerned, Grandmaster, about your experience. Please get in touch at the above address and I'll do what I can to improve your experience.
DarkStreet
Expert Member
Thanks for the info, WIOCC, very much appreciated!
pjjdp
Expert Member
You are referring to ambo?
DarkStreet
Expert Member
From the looks of it, yes.
Yes... Ambo.
WIOCC has just welcomed two new shareholders - LPTIC (Libya) and TelOne (Zinmabwe) - and we're in discussions with a wide variety of African and International carriers about purchasing capacity on EASSy together with shareholders' backhaul networks - so we're very much open for business. If he's having challenges in dealing with EASSy, I'd very much like to help in sorting them out.
WIOCC has just welcomed two new shareholders - LPTIC (Libya) and TelOne (Zinmabwe) - and we're in discussions with a wide variety of African and International carriers about purchasing capacity on EASSy together with shareholders' backhaul networks - so we're very much open for business. If he's having challenges in dealing with EASSy, I'd very much like to help in sorting them out.
Sting
Ghost in the Machine
Ahhhh.... could this be another reason why Telkom SA were sniffing around when the "For Sale" signs went up?
Doesn't Telkom own a controlling share in TelOne?