WACS Cable: 400Gbps from day one

Apparently it is now local backhaul that is the issue...so how is this going to make anything cheaper until that problem has been solved?
 
Well, I doubt the actual cable will make much of an immediate difference, but I think LLU should be complete in 2011. LLU will have a MASSIVE impact on telecoms in SA.

SO KEEN!!! :D
 
The cable system is a joint venture between Telkom, Neotel, MTN, Vodacom and the state owned Broadband Infraco.
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Meaning we'll still be screwed.
 
oh wow I cant wait. More bandwidth we wont have access to.
 
Yes, this cable and the others should make caps a thing of the past. but it is still the LLU that keeps prices ridiculous and local trafficking...
 
With all due respect, this cable will be another fart in the wind if it isint followed up with action.
 
The cable system is a joint venture between Telkom, Neotel, MTN, Vodacom and the state owned Broadband Infraco.
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Along its route, the cable will land in numerous countries, including Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde and Portugal are among the planned destinations.
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The design capacity of the cable system is set at 3.84Tb/s, with talk of over 5Tb/s being viable in future. This dwarfs other cables such as SAT3 (340Gb/s), SAFE (440Gb/s), SEACOM (1.28Tb/s) and EASSy (1.4Tb/s) - which when combined offer nearly 2.7Tb/s, well under the minimum capacity of WACS.
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Now that I have my immense excitement under control :rolleyes: and I am able to focus a bit here, I would like some help here...

  1. initially the design capacity is 3.84Tb/s
  2. this thing is landing in 11 countries before it gets to SA, each taking their bit of the pie
  3. it is being shared by a myriad of local organisations (including Telkom, Neotel, MTN, Vodacom and the state owned Broadband Infraco)

So here's the question:

Just exactly how much of the pie is going actually make it to SA & how much are we likely to see if there are at least 5 different local concerns cutting up that which lands?

Pity, but my excitement's now all gone.
 
blah blah blah .. blah blah.... cheaper internet .. blah blah blah .. Seacom

excuse .. excuse ... excuse .. Telkom

blah blah blah .. blah blah.... cheaper internet .. blah blah blah .. WACS

excuse .. excuse ... excuse .. Telkom

So whats different ?
 
jetlee said:
blah blah blah .. blah blah.... cheaper internet .. blah blah blah .. Seacom

excuse .. excuse ... excuse .. Telkom

blah blah blah .. blah blah.... cheaper internet .. blah blah blah .. WACS

excuse .. excuse ... excuse .. Telkom

So whats different ?
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+1

I'm thinking it's easier to move country that to get better internet. As awesome as South Africa is to live at (barring the violent crime and other things) I'd much rather go to a more progressive country like KENYA (you thought I would say Europe or the US huh?)

The more these people talk the more I go "Didn't they smear us the same honey several years ago!?"

Greedy, profiteering *******S
 
K so I nothing about Telcoms .... but then what was the point of Seacom .... do we have to wait for another empty provider.

I really dont understand this, as we have all this bandwidth.... but SA is not using it. Kinda upsets me, when I know that our african counter parts have better bandwidth.

In my opinion ... to Afrihost, Cybersmart, openweb (wont mention WA, cause clearly you not coming to the party) ... we dont need faster bandwidth (although it would be nice) .... we need more bandwidth (i.e. no cap, limitations etc).
 
McT said:
Now that I have my immense excitement under control :rolleyes: and I am able to focus a bit here, I would like some help here...

  1. initially the design capacity is 3.84Tb/s
  2. this thing is landing in 11 countries before it gets to SA, each taking their bit of the pie
  3. it is being shared by a myriad of local organisations (including Telkom, Neotel, MTN, Vodacom and the state owned Broadband Infraco)

So here's the question:

Just exactly how much of the pie is going actually make it to SA & how much are we likely to see if there are at least 5 different local concerns cutting up that which lands?

Pity, but my excitement's now all gone.
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Read it again.. the cable is designed to give SA & Nigeria priority with these two having continuous, non-interrupt paths to the final pop in London :D

LLU maybe be earmarked for 2011 but unless the new minister sets heavy penalties for Telkom i think it will be dragged on till 2015 easily.. maybe even 2020 to complete. Someone needs to remind him now while there is still a yr left so Telkom can't claim they didn't know
 
Flojo said:
In my opinion ... to Afrihost, Cybersmart, openweb (wont mention WA, cause clearly you not coming to the party) ... we dont need faster bandwidth (although it would be nice) .... we need more bandwidth (i.e. no cap, limitations etc).
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Last month their trial gave 11GB, this month 0.5GB and just saw yesterday they gave another 1GB for testing their new ADSL via Seacom network. <-- WebAfrica. So yah.. it might not be their final product yet but it says 8k accounts.. that i'm sure has had an impact on ADSL usage with other providers the last 2 months.

E.g. I haven't topped up my spare prepaid account on axxess for 3months now and usage has shot up. Can't wait to see what their Seacom packages will be like.. :-)
 
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I do like the idea of having four "pipes" and one coming directly to us, and am hoping that the LAT will be better than SAT (which isn't bad by any means)
 
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