MWEB - SEACOM Update

Raedwulf said:
Hey its far more interesting than people alternating between blaming mweb and seacom, complaining about the delay, complaining about people complaining, and the occasional person that pops up complaining about the poor speed while being oblivious to the larger issue.
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You forgot the biggie: arguing what the true definition of uncapped is and whether throttling is fair <hides>
 
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Now im ok with intl being broken due to this cable repair, but why the hell is local browsing so ****ty aswell.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Yeah I know that there are more cables going online shortly.... and this will be good for us without a doubt... but we will still use the Seacom cable to reach them...
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Rencent MyBB article, EASSy as well.

Anyway SEACOM has had 99% uptime (its a brand new cable).
 
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Raedwulf said:
@Gordon - Yeah I think that was because I just did that lol. Took me 25 mins.
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Ha-ha. At least MWeb caches some files (I never used to believe that on this new network...)

Edit. Tha't the ONLY file that has gone quickly for me in the last 3 days. Even some local sites feel sluggish.

At least with ADSL you don't pay per minute (I used to cry at dial-up costs when lines were slow!?)
 
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Anyone (or MWEB) have an expected time for the Interwebs to start working properly again?
 
One thing I have to ask, why is it that is seems that companies can lay undersea cable from here to europe and india faster than we can upgrade our local cable networks?
 
Raedwulf said:
One thing I have to ask, why is it that is seems that companies can lay undersea cable from here to europe and india faster than we can upgrade our local cable networks?
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SANRAL, wayleaves, labour unions, cost of material, lack of skills, lack of work ethic, lack of competition, excessive profiteering by contractors.... pick a few!
 
synapseZA said:
Yes. And with WACS and MainOne it looks like they go the entire way without relying on other cables.
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SEACOM was the 'first' to break the SAT3-SAFE monoploy. The 'second' entrant(s) can take advantage of better design, and the consumer benefits both ways.

Raedwulf said:
One thing I have to ask, why is it that is seems that companies can lay undersea cable from here to europe and india faster than we can upgrade our local cable networks?
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Its actually easier/faster (though probably quite expensive) to lay a cable from a ship in the sea, than to dig up roads and install junction boxes...

moggie said:
SANRAL, wayleaves, labour unions, cost of material, lack of skills, lack of work ethic, lack of competition, excessive profiteering by contractors.... pick a few!
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That too...
 
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Lol sorry I asked. Either way I hope it happens soon. According to the wiki page Seacom is using less than a tenth of their capacity so far. Sat3 has been pretty quiet i figure up until the SEA ME WE 4 break, Eassy launches in july, and from what I can gather there are more coming. All in all that adds up to piles of international bandwidth, but the local bottlenecks are denying us the opportunity to give it a run.

At the moment the only real way to get proper first world internet at a good price is still by emigrating.
 
moggie said:
SANRAL, wayleaves, labour unions, cost of material, lack of skills, lack of work ethic, lack of competition, excessive profiteering by contractors.... pick a few!
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I think only one is actually valid and that is lack of competition as well as legislation that has protected the monopoly. The others are hogwash.
 
LancelotSA said:
I think only one is actually valid and that is lack of competition as well as legislation that has protected the monopoly. The others are hogwash.
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OT - but try installing a new underground cable from Durban to Johannesburg... the red tape is unbelievable.
 
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