SEACOM is here!

[foX2delta]

For home only.

Been waiting for 3 years for a Telkom line
No Neotel coverage
iBurst coverage is not very good

HSDPA is my only option.

Hmmmm, there must be somesort of wireless SP around you

 

[Stig]

Hopfully we will see some changes. All this seacom talk is awesome but i am waiting to see how it translates for private consumers. I am hoping for the best but i am not going to hold my breath.

 

[Seamus6917]

hahahahaha what nonsense :erm:

Yup...

SEACOM flip the switch and the whole North Coast's lights go out...

I tease...

Still, My money stays in My wallet...

"Show my the Kwon"

In this context "Kwon" is anything below R20/GB. I'll buy that. Month-to-month... Until the BS mongers find something else to talk about and the ISP's are left to think up their own ways of making hype and attracting my cash...

When all is said and done. I have to concur
Well done to the project management team and the guys who helped them get the job done... {Respect}

 

[Gundam]

Seacom is bragging on Facebook about downloading a 28.4Mb podcast in 35 seconds.

Is that fast? I could have sworn the 4Mb/s ADSL lines could achieve similiar results after hours, even without Seacom's additional capacity.

 

[milomak]

Think if we're realistic about it, prices won't come down....maybe a leetle bit as an incentive to move your ISP.

But as I understand it, Seacom just splashed $600m and I think they want that money back ASAP.

Thing is we know they spent $600m. Thing is we know how they are charging. So the problem is not with Seacom if prices don't move.

 

[Shred]

Hmmmm, there must be somesort of wireless SP around you

Yip, SA Wireless, google them. I tried them. Words cannot describe how useless they are.

 

[Shred]

Seacom is bragging on Facebook about downloading a 28.4Mb podcast in 35 seconds.

Is that fast? I could have sworn the 4Mb/s ADSL lines could achieve similiar results after hours, even without Seacom's additional capacity.

Nope, thats 830 KB/s, 6.6mbps

 

[Johand]

I am interested in who produces the first traceroute showing the SEACOM cable! Wonder who will see it first? Somebody on a corporate network?

I guess there is a bunch of techies somewhere doing cable "tests" downloading like crazy

 

[demon angel]

Well done Seacom!
This is indeed the start of positive developments.
Im very ticked off that there was almost zero media attention about seacom and it makes my blood boil.
567's midday report should have at the very least mentioned this.
It seems powers that be would prefer to keep the masses ignorant.

 

[Stickfigure]

Probably jumping the gun here, but after 4 days of getting 40kb/s on SAIX, I'm now getting around 420kb/s.

Won't be Seacom related though.

 

[DeonH]

Well done, Seacom!

Does this mean that I will get faster speeds on my 4Meg line?

I have just done a test with www.speedtest.net and this is my results (I am situated in Jo'burg).

Download: 3.24Mb/s
Upload: 0.43Mb/s

This is not better that it was yesterday or a month ago?

Thanx so long.

 

[telkomreallysux]

I'm still getting screwed...how long does it take?

Seacom wasn't a surprise for my isp (Axxess), so they obviously aren't concerned about lowering prices.

Although, if they are getting cheaper bandwidth, that's more money for them, SA business rule No.1, a cr@p deal for the consumer, rule No.2, why rush?

IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!!!!!!!

 

[Scooby_Doo]

anyone on adsl getting through to seacom? guessing a tracert will tell you.

 

[telkomreallysux]

I am interested in who produces the first traceroute showing the SEACOM cable! Wonder who will see it first? Somebody on a corporate network?

I guess there is a bunch of techies somewhere doing cable "tests" downloading like crazy

Maybe Telkom bought all the bandwidth?

 

[[email protected]]

I really hope Neotel will offer faster speeds than 2.4Mbps now.

the 2.4Mbps wasn't an issue of international capacity, it's a limit of the tech they use (CDMA REV 0). REV A has a max theoretical limit of 3.1Mbps

 

[[email protected]]

anyone on adsl getting through to seacom? guessing a tracert will tell you.

tracert won't tell you. Seacom provides transmission (the piece of string). tracert will tell you what happens at an IP layer. nobody's going through Seacom yet. they now opened the cable, so people who bought capacity start testing later this evening from what i hear

 

[somewherenotthere]

do you think they will get a news server up and running

 

[Gundam]

Funny thing:

If I do a traceroute through my IS Fibre ADSL account to Neotel's Website, hops 9 to 30 times out. What could this mean seeing as both of them are making use of Seacom now?

Is Neotel hosting their Website on their own servers?

 

[Scooby_Doo]

tracert won't tell you. Seacom provides transmission (the piece of string). tracert will tell you what happens at an IP layer. nobody's going through Seacom yet. they now opened the cable, so people who bought capacity start testing later this evening from what i hear

Yes so to get on to the sat3 you need to cross over to telkom which will be reflected on the ip layer, so you should be able to identify other wise. no?

 

[Johand]

Yes so to get on to the sat3 you need to cross over to telkom which will be reflected on the ip layer, so you should be able to identify other wise. no?

Well from the routing alone you should have a rough idea. I doubt the service will be fully transparent on the IP layer beyond the SEACOM landing station in Marseilles , so you should be able to figure out from the router's IP address if you are routed through France.