SEACOM construction progress

SEA what happens when government doesn't have their sticky little fingers in the pie! Things actually get done :eek:
 
Sounds good - a little bit of positive news.

Hope all goes well with the cable and that Mr Murphy will go and bother telkom instead :D
 
These guys look really effective. It is a very different project from most of the other ones - strict deadlines, penalties when deliverables are not met etc. And they are really playing open cards - nice and professional people to deal with.
 
rpm said:
These guys look really effective. It is a very different project from most of the other ones - strict deadlines, penalties when deliverables are not met etc. And they are really playing open cards - nice and professional people to deal with.
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As I said 0% government. Nice and refreshing.
 
I'm not knowledgeable about laying these cables but I do hope that the routes need to be mapped and registered. It'd be a terrible tragedy if SEACOM completes it's cable, opearations start only to find EASSy messing things up when laying their cable over SEACOM's causing damage in the process. It's not revenge or sabotage, it's 'accidental' lol.

Seriously, I hope there's proper planning going into the actual laying of the cables, especially where multiple, competing cables are concerned.
 
rpm said:
These guys look really effective. It is a very different project from most of the other ones - strict deadlines, penalties when deliverables are not met etc. And they are really playing open cards - nice and professional people to deal with.
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Excellent news, I'm eagerly awaiting a time when Telkodemonopolies gets kicked in the gonads with some real international bandwidth competition :).
 
LifelongGamer said:
I'm not knowledgeable about laying these cables but I do hope that the routes need to be mapped and registered. It'd be a terrible tragedy if SEACOM completes it's cable, opearations start only to find EASSy messing things up when laying their cable over SEACOM's causing damage in the process. It's not revenge or sabotage, it's 'accidental' lol.

Seriously, I hope there's proper planning going into the actual laying of the cables, especially where multiple, competing cables are concerned.
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As long as the landing stations are far enough apart then there shouldn't really be a problem.
 
Highflyer_GP said:
As long as the landing stations are far enough apart then there shouldn't really be a problem.
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But at some point the cables have to cross right? Especially if they're visiting the same several countries. Since these cables are merely laid on the sea bed there could be "tampering".
 
I recall there being someone on the forums from Mtunzini. Has anyone seen Neotel's new fibre trenching there?
 
timgaul said:
But at some point the cables have to cross right? Especially if they're visiting the same several countries. Since these cables are merely laid on the sea bed there could be "tampering".
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Well let's suppose for argument sake that there are two cables en-route to India - one runs from Durban to Goa (south India), the other runs from St. Lucia to Mumbai (north India). St. Lucia is more than 200km north of Durban if I recall correctly, the cables will never cross if they're laid properly.

But yeah since they lie on the sea bed, they are open to abuse||'accidents'.
 
Highflyer_GP said:
Well let's suppose for argument sake that there are two cables en-route to India - one runs from Durban to Goa (south India), the other runs from St. Lucia to Mumbai (north India). St. Lucia is more than 200km north of Durban if I recall correctly, the cables will never cross if they're laid properly.

But yeah since they lie on the sea bed, they are open to abuse||'accidents'.
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Yes but what if both cables run from Egypt, to Kenya, to Mozambique to South Africa - they HAVE to cross if they both lie on the sea bed.
 
AdLo said:
The reason it will be the only telecoms development on time as promised is because South Africans aren't involved in building it.

Expect some delays after it gets handed over (even with turn key) if South Africans are involved.
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Oh, South Africans are definitely involved. But they've given money and thats it. No legislation. No AA labour, etc, etc. Money speaks the same language and if thats the sum total contribution then thats the best investment. Screw job creation, lets get a cable here!
 
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