SEACOM bandwidth 'solid'

If this is an indication of how Neotel runs their network then I'm glad they're not provisioning ADSL lines yet
 
AcidRaZor said:
If this is an indication of how Neotel runs their network then I'm glad they're not provisioning ADSL lines yet
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I think you'll find that those particular bits of the network actually belong to InfraCo. In the mean time Neotel is rolling out heaps of national fibre of their own. The JHB-DBN fibre was under construction when I travelled down the N3 a few weeks back. I think its scheduled for completion soon. :)
 
ambo said:
I think you'll find that those particular bits of the network actually belong to InfraCo. In the mean time Neotel is rolling out heaps of national fibre of their own. The JHB-DBN fibre was under construction when I travelled down the N3 a few weeks back. I think its scheduled for completion soon. :)
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Ah blame-shift... the not-so-new-game from Electronic Arts... eish
 
If you travel along the freeways in Durban you will see the Neotel fibre. The bridge that goes over the KwaMashu offramp for example (going south from Umhlanga) - you will notice some blue cabling running all along it on the left side of the bridge where the crash barriers. Guess who's fibre that is and guess what will happen the first time someone crashes into that bridge.
 
AcidRaZor said:
Ah blame-shift... the not-so-new-game from Electronic Arts... eish
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Its not really about shifting the blame but rather getting your facts right. What does it have to do with them provisioning ADSL though? :confused:
 
ambo said:
Its not really about shifting the blame but rather getting your facts right. What does it have to do with them provisioning ADSL though? :confused:
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What facts? I don't know, maybe Seacom releasing a press release blaming Neotel, and Neotel blaming Transnet?
 
Maybe there's a lesson here. The only way to stop cable theft seems to be to put it in the sea ;) What exactly would a cable thief do with optical fibre, anyway? Maybe copper and fibre are the same word in Julius Malema's Pedi dictionary.
 
ads said:
Maybe there's a lesson here. The only way to stop cable theft seems to be to put it in the sea ;) What exactly would a cable thief do with optical fibre, anyway? Maybe copper and fibre are the same word in Julius Malema's Pedi dictionary.
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Hehe, they stole a pole and damaged the fiber in the process: "the downtime was caused by the theft of a pole along the primary route which resulted in a cut in the fibre. "

Lol, neofail, don't put any shiny poles close to your fiber. Plastic all the way :D
 
Neotel is really a joke, honestly, how can you put a "contingency" plan in place and never test to see if its broken? the second cable should always be tested if not used constantly? why only realize its broken after you switch over to it?

Neotel is incompetent at best, a complete load of BS to be honest
 
Kawak said:
Neotel is really a joke, honestly, how can you put a "contingency" plan in place and never test to see if its broken? the second cable should always be tested if not used constantly? why only realize its broken after you switch over to it?

Neotel is incompetent at best, a complete load of BS to be honest
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Well just look at India's efforts at hosting the Commonwealth Games. They're so behind in construction, it's not funny - NeoTel has probably taken a chapter out of that book.
 
whatwhat said:
If you travel along the freeways in Durban you will see the Neotel fibre. The bridge that goes over the KwaMashu offramp for example (going south from Umhlanga) - you will notice some blue cabling running all along it on the left side of the bridge where the crash barriers. Guess who's fibre that is and guess what will happen the first time someone crashes into that bridge.
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Is that a Neotel fibre or a DFA fibre?

@Pilgrim - They normally cut the pole to get to the cable to see if it is copper or fibre. Either way the cable gets screwed.

@Kawak - You will probably find that they were operational on that route but the fibre got broken on they backup route before the primary fibre was repaired.

@xistenz - it probably took that long because they didn't think that they would have to use that route and someone was scurrying around frantically repatching/splicing fibre to bring up a link :)


The fact is fibre breaks happen. The question is do you have enough redundancy to tolerate a break or even two?

Fibre is usually broken for 2 reasons. Construction or theft/vandalism. yes there are other but that is top 2 reasons for breaks.

With the country being a complete construction zone at the moment for 2010 with roads and infrastructure being upgraded I reckon one can expect a lot more breaks. lets just hope there are secondary routes in place :)
 
skydog said:
Is that a Neotel fibre or a DFA fibre?

@Pilgrim - They normally cut the pole to get to the cable to see if it is copper or fibre. Either way the cable gets screwed.
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Neotel, which is part of TATA, same as Seacom.

Overhead fibre is rare, it belongs in the ground.
 
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