New SAT3 competitor on the cards

[kilo39]

Yay, people are calling our gov's attitude a disappointment! We're not alone anymore

Not just "people," black people; their opinion is far more important, I mean 'they look the same.'

Nigerian Funke Opeke spent 20 years in the USA working in technology companies(including Verizon's international and wholesale divisions) before coming back to work for a spell as CEO of the incumbent Nitel. It was out of this that she recognised that "after two years in Nigeria how painful the infrastructure limitations were." So in May 2007 she set out to build a new competitor cable to SAT3:"I want to do something for the region and this cable makes good sense both in commercial and development terms."

 

[AirWolf]

Africa is moving on and leaving SA behind. Soon we will no longer be the economic power house of Africa

 

[risingtide]

Is this cable actualy connected to the US or europe

That is a good question which I asked myself. My guess would be it is not and that makes the whole idea virtually useless and it can hardly be called a SAT3 competitor.
I wonder how much of the traffic is between US/Europe and how much between African countries?

Planned capacities:
EASSy 320 Gb
SEACOM 1.28 Tb
This proposed cable 2.56 Tb? What for?