Main One goes live

"Going live" means we now enter the testing phase for a few months, then the commercial rollout which is a few months more. We should start seeing the benefit from this in pricing in about six months.

Just in case any of you n00bs think that "going live" means you can buy the bandwidth now today. :p
 
This may result in cheaper prices in a few months (6+) time... The Main One line also looks promising :P Maybe we will get truly uncapped internet after all (in a year or 4).
 
 
Garyvdh said:
"Going live" means we now enter the testing phase for a few months, then the commercial rollout which is a few months more. We should start seeing the benefit from this in pricing in about six months.

Just in case any of you n00bs think that "going live" means you can buy the bandwidth now today. :p
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Well actually it's only going live in West Africa. It's not even near South Africa yet in case any n00bs think that West Africa includes us. It's no were near 6 months for benefits. It'll be more than 6 months just to get to SA.
 
Scooby_Doo said:
Main One spans 7000 kilometres (Phase 1) which does not include South Africa. So not yet and who knows it might not ever.

Read the article before you comment :p
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scot.cowley said:
Well actually it's only going live in West Africa. It's not even near South Africa yet in case any n00bs think that West Africa includes us. It's no were near 6 months for benefits. It'll be more than 6 months just to get to SA.
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You said... if ever... clearly there are plans for it to arrive here eventually. I never said anything about when.... the article doesn't say anything about when. I only took exception to your denial that it is planned to reach South Africa... which according to its own website clearly it is. Learn to read properly.
 
18 Months

This from the Main One website on Friday:

" With the completion of the first phase of the project linking Nigeria and Ghana to Portugal, Main One plans to finish the second phase to Cape Town in 18 months, Opeke said. Cable nodes will be placed in Morocco, the Canaries, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola."
 
Garyvdh said:
You said... if ever... clearly there are plans for it to arrive here eventually. I never said anything about when.... the article doesn't say anything about when. I only took exception to your denial that it is planned to reach South Africa... which according to its own website clearly it is. Learn to read properly.
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Didn't say it will not, i said it is not here yet, "if ever", which is kinda like might, might not, things can change. Please learn to read.
 
Garyvdh said:
You said... if ever... clearly there are plans for it to arrive here eventually. I never said anything about when.... the article doesn't say anything about when. I only took exception to your denial that it is planned to reach South Africa... which according to its own website clearly it is. Learn to read properly.
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Why'd you multi-quote me with that comment? I know full well that the cable is coming to SA.

While I wasn't really disagreeing with you if I read what you wrote it's pretty obvious that you were mistaken. You mentioned us seeing a benefit in 6 months - which implies that you think the cable has arrived here. It took a few years to do phase 1. Even if we assume phase 2 is here quickly it will never be 6 months before it even goes live in SA.

Rather don't go saying "Google first if you are not sure." or calling people n00bs when you yourself are the one that is mistaken.
 
Garyvdh said:
It's planned, It's gonna happen ... as much as you don't want it to. We'll check back here in a few months and see who has egg on their face! :D
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I don't think you understand what he's saying. Just take a step back and read everything properly. He said "just yet if at all". "Just yet" meaning he knows it's not here and that it might come here. "If at all" meaning if it ever gets here. Things can change. Nothing ever goes as planned. I'm sure it will come here but there is no reason to argue it the way you are.
 
scot.cowley said:
Why'd you multi-quote me with that comment? I know full well that the cable is coming to SA.

While I wasn't really disagreeing with you if I read what you wrote it's pretty obvious that you were mistaken. You mentioned us seeing a benefit in 6 months - which implies that you think the cable has arrived here. It took a few years to do phase 1. Even if we assume phase 2 is here quickly it will never be 6 months before it even goes live in SA.

Rather don't go saying "Google first if you are not sure." or calling people n00bs when you yourself are the one that is mistaken.
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Yes I was mistaken about it being here already, I'm not sure where their progress is to right now. But it was a fair mistake since the article given says nothing about phase one or where it has reached to so far.

Africa's latest submarine cable system, the Main One, has gone live two weeks ahead of schedule.

The privately-owned system provides an important link between Africa and Europe, bringing with it ten times the amount of broadband capacity than what the region had before, allAfrica.com reported.

Main One is also expected to drive down the cost of internet bandwidth, with West Africa previously relying on Telkom's SAT-3 cable or slow satellite connections.

Main One spans 7000 kilometres, with landing points in Ghana and Nigeria and branches to Morocco, Senegal, Canary Islands and Cote d'Ivoire, according to telegeography.com.

"Today is a historic day for West Africa. The arrival of the Main One cable proves that much good can be done by Africans for Africans. We are pleased to realise the fruit of our dedication and commitment in the past 30 months. More importantly, we are happy to be a channel for driving growth in Africa and changing the status quo for the average African as reliable internet connectivity becomes easily accessible and affordable for all" said Fola Adeola, chairperson of the Main One Cable Company in a statement.

The cable system has a capacity of 1920 Gigabits per second (Gbps) as opposed to SEACOM's total capacity of 1280 Gbps.
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Please show me where it uses the words phase one or not in south africa yet??? I did however read the entire article before I posted and just assumed it was completed to Cape Town.

So take it to mean... six months after it arrives in South Africa. That was my first post.

I was taking issue in my second post with his statement that it may not arrive. And I pointed out that there are definite plans for it to arrive here.
So I was mistaken on my first assumption, you were mistaken on your second.
Fair enough.
 
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Garyvdh said:
Please show me where it uses the words phase one or not in south africa yet??? I did however read the entire article before I posted and just assumed it was completed to Cape Town.
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"Funke Opeke, Main One CEO, explained: “Main One’s plan in 2008 included building in two phases with phase one connecting London and Nigeria through a 7,000Km cable. Phase two will connect Nigeria to South Africa once the right partnership with the right level of funding is secured.""

That's the last paragraph of the myBB article http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/13513-Main-One-Cable-goes-live.html which redirected people to the forum (and then gave a different article in the first post which doesn't seem to give as much info)
 
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scot.cowley said:
"Funke Opeke, Main One CEO, explained: “Main One’s plan in 2008 included building in two phases with phase one connecting London and Nigeria through a 7,000Km cable. Phase two will connect Nigeria to South Africa once the right partnership with the right level of funding is secured.""

That's the last paragraph of the myBB article http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/13513-Main-One-Cable-goes-live.html which redirected people to the forum (and then gave a different article in the first post which doesn't seem to give as much info)
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But the article quoted in the OP says nothing about it. So I repeat it was a fair mistake (and one I have actually made before because of these stupid phases).

The point is... it is coming... that is definite. And when it goes live... it will be at least six months while testing and product rollout take place before any local consumers actually see the benefit. Thank you for the clarification.

Can we get back to the topic now please?
 
Phase two will connect Nigeria to South Africa ONCE the right partnership with the right level of funding is secured." I hope this doesn't take too long....

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Who do you think they are going to partner with?
 
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