Sat-3 cable to get giant speed boost

Nerfherder said:
I'm sure that they didn't invent this technology yesterday.... and Telkom said fairly recently that they did not have any more capacity
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Exactly my feeling. Inventing this great technology two days before Seacom launches would be a pretty amazing coincidence.

This is all just classic Telkom. Continue to do just enough to prevent a mass exodus of your customers but only in response to external competitive pressure. No innovation to actually try and grow the market.
 
inferno said:
I like Telkom.

gaming.do.co.za + SGS = awsomeness. Which other ISP's have done so much for us gamers?
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IS-Gaming is doing a pretty good job if you ask me.
Many of SGS's servers (for example their Counter-Strike 1.6 pickup servers) are obviously running on ancient pentium 2's judging by the way they lag...
But then again, you probably play CoD4, CSS or BF2, right? That would explain your satisfaction - SGS caters for the masses / ie Free-for-all / latest games getting priority only.
 
I like how they say there will be future upgrades possible too. That means that whenever the competition comes again, they will again find the magical technological upgrade that allow them to just barely undercut the competition.
 
[-]bandwidth scarcity[/-]

ok.. they always reported that the cable was almost at full capacity, with that being a thing of the past is their pricing going to remain the same? Especially on ADSL, from the reports lately i am beginning to speculate that ADSL pricing will remain exactly where it is until some isp/++ decides to break the bubble. Telkom is not doing this for aDSL but rather for leased lines which is where teh money is.
 
ok telkom very nice and all how about giving your customers some? no? o, you waiting till way after 2010
 
This is only one part of the problem though. Now we need decent backhaul within our borders and better last mile access technologies. Roll on the ADSL 2 for those whose lines can support it. I also want ICASA to step in and do the whole LLU thing. Paying for an analogue line, ADSL line rental and then bandwidth is hurting...
 
Nerfherder said:
I'm sure that they didn't invent this technology yesterday.... and Telkom said fairly recently that they did not have any more capacity
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Sneaky bastards must have known this all along and were just to cheap to do something about it ;)

Anyhow, its good news that their hand have now been forced. Looking forward to a lot of similar announcements over the next few months and will definitively not renew my 3G contract that expires this month.
 
All Bull ... this is just marketing-speak to placate and fool the masses:
Bridgraj said that it is this technological advancement that has enabled the SAT3 cable to increase its design capacity far beyond the 120 Gbps that was believed possible in 2002.
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They have "been at capacity" for years, now suddenly on the eve of SEACOM a wonder-working miracle??? All Bull...

Never trust a monster bearing gifts.
 
Garyvdh said:
Yes, Seacom will eventually end up in the T'bits range... but they will only start out around 400 gbps. They will not be able to utilise that full capacity for a while yet, there is just not enough demand on the continent yet.
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And what will the capacity upgrade consist of? Flicking a switch? Connecting another optic fibre strand? Or maybe replace the landing equipment they installed?
What is the point of having a 1.2Tb connection, then only make a third of it available and when demand explodes having to redo some work again in a few months time?
 
means nothing in the real world, the topic might as well be a jpg of a smear of dog shyte! The Sun and the Mirror have more truth!
 
Apparently SAT3 + SAFE can handle up-to 120GB/s and up-to 130GB/s without this miracle upgrade mentioned above.

That's up-to 250GB/s available.

Insofar as content access goes, SAT3 (120GB/s) lands in Europe, and SAFE (130GB/s) lands in India. Routing from India to the rest of the world will require some other cable that I don't now about. But, routing from SAT3 to the rest of the world would be a snap.

But, lets focus on SAT3, and Telkom's 21% share of that bandwidth:

21% of 120GB/s is a mere 25 GB/s.

This means that the entire country's communication needs are being served on a 25GB/s line. :eek:

Kind of makes you think of what the SEACOM affect really is going to be.

Source of Information:
SAT3 Specs: http://www.safe-sat3.co.za/SystemInformation/SystemInformation.asp
Telkom gets 21% of the Cable to use: http://free.financialmail.co.za/report/telkomcable/atelkom.htm

Fun stuff.
 
Anyone consider that this has more to do with providing additional bandwidth for SWC 2010 and not necessarily the seacom launch? It was not an overnight thing, Telkom just does not communicate its rollout plans too well!

They were probably hoping for WACS to be online earlier, but cannot rely on it to meet the SWC 2010 deadline and testing needs to be done very soon.

davemc, your reasoning is slightly flawed as you ignore the capacity on SAFE and via satellite.
 
moggie said:
<snip>davemc, your reasoning is slightly flawed as you ignore the capacity on SAFE and via satellite.
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Yup. But I recon that it's pretty safe to say that any SAIX / IS Fibre bandwidth product is running on that 25GB/s portion of SAFE.

I also left out SAT2, SAT2's 64GB/s capacity is supposedly only used as a backup, something that I simply cannot see happening. Why on earth waste it when SAT3 is working.
 
I'm pretty sure that the "technology" that will enable the upgrade wasn't invented yesterday... This should have been possible for at least a year now... :confused: Or am I wrong?
 
Let's hope Telkom actually utilises this increased capacity to provide broadband to the people, and not to businesses.
If their networks can carry (virtually) uncapped traffic, why not provide it to the masses?
 
While I am sure that this has a LOT to do with Seacom, remember that Telkom also has two other needs it has to meet. Firstly the provisioning for a certain partnership with a satellite TV provider to feed IPTV into gated communities (recently announced), and also the provisioning for the World Cup next year. So yes, there are many reasons why this is a smart move from Telkom. I for one and not complaining, all bandwidth is good for us.

Jeez, some of you can criticise and moan so much... I would hate to be in your house on Christmas morning. :D
 
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