Satellite dominates cellular backhaul

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4799

 

[Nod]

2 words: Cable theft.

 

[Peter7]

hmmm... what about that cable running down the west coast... oh wait you're right........... cable theft. *wink wink*

 

[Syndyre]

Wouldn't satellite backhaul for cellular give you really bad latency?

 

[ic]

2 words: Cable theft.

hmmm... what about that cable running down the west coast... oh wait you're right........... cable theft. *wink wink*

Guavamint was talking about liberating the Melkbosstrand landing station, but true to form, guavamint is anally-retentive and full of hot air bcos nothing has happened and now her Poisonous Ivyness & the DoC are chattering about a new West African coast cable [although I'm sure that the SKA project would max out all the bandwidth on any cable, with nothing left for consumers to use]...

I wonder to what extent, Vodacom and MTN and CellC temporarily use satellite bandwidth for their SA cellular base-stations...? - it does take Telkodemonopolies an awful long time to install backhaul links...?