SEACOM testing starts

[Roman4604]

they asked for a quote, and that was the last anyone heard from them

Probably just fishing. Can't see why they would need Seacom? They have sufficient capacity on SAT3/SAFE for the short term and are major partners in both EASSy & WACS.

 

[dominic]

Telkom have bought significant capacity on Seacom. They are considered an "anchor tenant" just like Neotel. They, unlike your post, are not that stupid.

Telkom have no involvement in Seacom at all.

and be careful before you insult the senior citizens of the Internet world (as Wimbo is)

 

[Wimbo]

I already have feedback from two ISP's that their intention is to lower prices.... and I have an account with each of them... so I am already sitting pretty.

Interesting. According to my information, only one ISP has actually signed on the dotted line to buy capacity from SEACOM.

Who is the other one?

Time is running out. At the end of this month, the price goes up if you haven't signed yet.

 

[Wimbo]

Probably just fishing. Can't see why they would need Seacom? They have sufficient capacity on SAT3/SAFE for the short term and are major partners in both EASSy & WACS.

Exactly.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Interesting. According to my information, only one ISP has actually signed on the dotted line to buy capacity from SEACOM.

Who is the other one?

Time is running out. At the end of this month, the price goes up if you haven't signed yet.

He's referring to smaller ISPs (WebAfrica and OpenWeb I think) that are planning to link up to Seacom themselves or through 1st tier providers.
See: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=174116&page=3 for their responses. They would not have signed up yet though, is that one ISP so far Neotel?

 

[dominic]

They would not have signed up yet though, is that one ISP so far Neotel?

both are contained in your sentence

 

[Empiricism Philosopher]

I'm going to join openweb if they have the best price and latancy for wow,dota local and uncapped downloads.

 

[Roman4604]

is that one ISP so far Neotel?

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2009/0905281155.asp?S=Broadband&A=BRO&O=FRGN

So far, Seacom has Neotel, Internet solutions, the Tenet tertiary education network, and Gateway Communications as committed clients. All these organisations have bought IRUs – an industry term that means a long-term lease of between 15 to 20 years for a certain amount of capacity at a fixed price.

PS: Gateway Communications = Vodacom

 

[Wimbo]

Is that one ISP so far Neotel?

Since ITWeb has spilt the beans, I can say:

No, IS is the only "pure ISP" who has signed so far.

Neotel is a significant partner in SEACOM, witness the fact that SEACOM's inland PoP is at Neotel's Midrand hosting facility. I didn't count Neotel as an "ISP" (even though they are a valued ISPA member) as their primary business is as an ECNS / infrastructure provider. This is changing, BTW.

TENET, as mentioned elsewhere on this thread, as well as prominently on the SEACOM brochures, has bought 10 Gbps. TENET bulk-buys connectivity for the SA Universities and technicons.

Gateway Communications is in the voice business, and is the only one (AFAIK), who has gone for the more expensive but perhaps more profitable intra-African option, for the purposes of carrying voice traffic between African countries. Everyone else primarily has links between Joburg and London.

I think that it's fair to say that Neotel and TENET are SEACOM's "anchor clients".