FibreCo details

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FibreCo details

FibreCo Telecommunications announced that they will take on Telkom, Broadband Infraco and Neotel/MTN/Vodacom with a new fibre network. Here are the details.

 

[semaphore]

FibreCo CEO Arif Hussain told MyBroadband that “open-access” means that they will offer all customers the same price depending on the volumes the purchase.

FibreCo CEO Arif Hussain told MyBroadband that “open-access” means that they will offer all customers the same price depending on the volumes they purchase.

 

[Roman4604]

This is the important bit (if referring to the long-haul routes as well) ...

they would be selling the physical fibre pairs on the network and not wavelengths or bandwidth

Can see some practical challanges tho, like who's responsible for the specing, deployment & servicing of the many repeaters required for a route like JHB-CTN?

 

[BGE]

Can see some practical challanges tho, like who's responsible for the specing, deployment & servicing of the many repeaters required for a route like JHB-CTN?

Well, if I'm not mistaken... that exactly what FibreCo is proposed to do?

 

[LazyLion]

This is much needed and will be great for competition!

 

[MickeyD]

This is the important bit (if referring to the long-haul routes as well) ...

they would be selling the physical fibre pairs on the network and not wavelengths or bandwidth

Can see some practical challanges tho, like who's responsible for the specing, deployment & servicing of the many repeaters required for a route like JHB-CTN?

Why "fibre pairs" ? Why not a single fibre?
Unless the pair is a single fibre on 2 different routes to ensure redundancy.

 

[Na-iem]

"All the details", except the most important detail: pricing!

 

[F1ve_Claw]

"All the details", except the most important detail: pricing!

+1

 

[MickeyD]

"All the details", except the most important detail: pricing!

If you have to ask then you cannot afford it.

 

[ThatOtherGuy]

Will this make a noticable difference in bringing down prices for the consumer? I mean, Telkom is still in charge of IPC? and telephone exchanges, etc?

 

[VioAdmin]

Damn, too bad I am impatient.

This looks like a project that will take at least 3-4 years to complete...

Damn you NeoFail and Telkom!

 

[Scooby_Doo]

We need someone to drive fiber past every telkom exchange, then when LLU happens they can just tap right into the exchange and bam we have competition. How hard would that be in major centers?

 

[grim]

Why "fibre pairs" ? Why not a single fibre?
Unless the pair is a single fibre on 2 different routes to ensure redundancy.

You need a pair to transmit signal in both directions, a single fibre only carries a signal in one direction. One fibre receives the other one transmits.

 

[Polymathic]

So in theory all towns along the coast between Durban and CT have access to fibre?

 

[Tjoker]

This is much needed and will be great for competition!

+1

 

[Tick]

The more the merrier! Bring it on.

Pity they don't plan to link directly to the INX's. But that's a relatively small part of such a piece of infrastructure, could be tacked on if need be.

"very close to completion and is only held up by local authorities who are very slow in granting permission for wayleaves."

Sigh, as always and predictably, government is The Weakest Link.

 

[MickeyD]

You need a pair to transmit signal in both directions, a single fibre only carries a signal in one direction. One fibre receives the other one transmits.

Yeah, must get terminology right
Biggest cable I've seen is 144 Fibres.
Cable contains 24 tubes.
6 fibres to a tube.
3 transmit + 3 receive.

In that case it could work out to be pretty expensive, as you are leasing 2 fibres!

 

[Avenue]

"All the details", except the most important detail: pricing!

this says it all:

“We're not setting out to compete with existing players, we're offering something completely different,” Hussein said.

"We're offering more choice rather than offering the same product at a lower price," said Hussain.

 

[fragtion]

Fabulouz news... Now the main question I'm concerned about: Does this mean they're going to dig trenches in the same roads for the 100th time?

 

[Netguy]

Great to see the entrepreneurial hand of Cell C in this.
FibreCo is good for competition, hope this competition will be good for the consumer too.