SEACOM down but ISP makes a plan without using SAT3/SAFE

[Jan]

SEACOM down, but not out!

One ISP uses SEACOM bandwidth in an innovative solution to overcome the problems the undersea cable is experiencing

 

[daffy]

Now thats using some initiative!

 

[Chevron]

plus ten million to neology.

 

[rpm]

Great work by Neology, but that is what one expects with an office full of techies

 

[guest2013-1]

too bad we won't see any impact on our mweb connection will we?

 

[guest2013-1]

Great work by Neology, but that is what one expects with an office full of techies

lol yea, having met most of the guys I concur. I'm just surprised why other companies haven't thought of it?

 

[dj_jyno]

Why can't more companies think like Neology? Great work, guys.

 

[drukkie]

Good stuff Imagine the solutions we'll be able to come up with in 5 years

 

[Boomstomp]

too bad we won't see any impact on our mweb connection will we?

My mweb is running full speed...

 

[ThatOtherGuy]

Innovation like this is what we need(and kinda expect) from companies full of techies, engineers and business experts. Don't just sit around and cry that the climate is not good for business. etc But find creative solutions. Telkom, the movie and the recording industry can learn something.

 

[onpartydig]

Afrihost as well

 

[Penquin]

My Sainet account, which is running on the Neology network, also started flying @ 420KB/s again this week. Well done to these clever peeps.

 

[Rabbit7766]

My Sainet account, which is running on the Neology network, also started flying @ 420KB/s again this week. Well done to these clever peeps.

interesting how Neology's network runs on Telkom and not Neotel/seacom :


TraceRoute to 196.46.137.132 [www.neology.co.za]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 29 13 29 72.249.128.109 -
2 20 48 56 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
3 37 65 71 4.69.145.115 ae-72-70.ebr2.dallas1.level3.net
4 52 71 70 4.69.137.122 ae-3-3.ebr2.newyork1.level3.net
5 67 56 74 4.69.148.38 ae-72-72.csw2.newyork1.level3.net
6 73 81 74 4.68.16.68 ae-22-79.car2.newyork1.level3.net
7 144 146 141 4.53.84.2 telkom-sa-l.car2.newyork1.level3.net
8 137 143 137 196.43.18.113 -
9 131 144 138 196.43.9.62 lon-ip-dir-stacker-ge-3-0-0-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za
10 247 231 217 196.43.9.249 lon-ip-dir-telecity.telkom-ipnet.co.za
11 415 443 395 196.43.9.53 -
12 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
13 315 318 334 196.25.110.118 imperial-online-gw.telkom-ipnet.co.za
14 Timed out 371 357 41.203.160.122 122.160.203.41.static.impol.net
15 633 520 497 196.46.136.252 252.136.46.196.static.impol.net
16 434 420 431 196.46.137.132 hosting.neology.co.za

 

[daffy]

interesting how Neology's network runs on Telkom and not Neotel/seacom :


TraceRoute to 196.46.137.132 [www.neology.co.za]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 29 13 29 72.249.128.109 -
2 20 48 56 8.9.232.73 xe-5-3-0.edge3.dallas1.level3.net
3 37 65 71 4.69.145.115 ae-72-70.ebr2.dallas1.level3.net
4 52 71 70 4.69.137.122 ae-3-3.ebr2.newyork1.level3.net
5 67 56 74 4.69.148.38 ae-72-72.csw2.newyork1.level3.net
6 73 81 74 4.68.16.68 ae-22-79.car2.newyork1.level3.net
7 144 146 141 4.53.84.2 telkom-sa-l.car2.newyork1.level3.net
8 137 143 137 196.43.18.113 -
9 131 144 138 196.43.9.62 lon-ip-dir-stacker-ge-3-0-0-1.telkom-ipnet.co.za
10 247 231 217 196.43.9.249 lon-ip-dir-telecity.telkom-ipnet.co.za
11 415 443 395 196.43.9.53 -
12 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
13 315 318 334 196.25.110.118 imperial-online-gw.telkom-ipnet.co.za
14 Timed out 371 357 41.203.160.122 122.160.203.41.static.impol.net
15 633 520 497 196.46.136.252 252.136.46.196.static.impol.net
16 434 420 431 196.46.137.132 hosting.neology.co.za

A traceroute to the webserver of an ISP means nothing.
Thats like doing a traceroute to www.is.co.za and saying they don't sell ADSL because there are no ADSL hops in the traceroute.

 

[ambo]

interesting how Neology's network runs on Telkom and not Neotel/seacom

Its called redundancy. You can't really make a statement like that based on one trace route. The Internet is designed to carry traffic on many paths depending on network topology and location.

 

[Gordon_R]

I actually speculated about this on the MWeb thread 5 days ago:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...REAT-NEWS!!!?p=4306417&viewfull=1#post4306417

My tracert (consumer account) shows that traffic to the US West Coast is going via India (bharti.com and airtel.in), and to traffic to Europe and US East Coast is going via SAT-3 on spare capacity from cprm.net (Portugal).

The actual cable to the east is likely to be SEACOM to Mombasa. After that there are a number of posibilities, such as the TEAMS cable to UAE and maybe SEA-ME-WE-4 to India:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEAMS_(cable_system)

Based on the tracert, I believe that SEACOM is offering the same route to MWeb that Neology is using.

 

[InTheCube]

I actually speculated about this on the MWeb thread 5 days ago:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...REAT-NEWS!!!?p=4306417&viewfull=1#post4306417

Based on the tracert, I believe that SEACOM is offering the same route to MWeb that Neology is using.

Nice work! Good analytical skills and industry knowledge.