Micro Wave
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A very important factor here that no-one has mentioned is that while Seacom may be cheap - it could also be considered 'nasty', as it has NO REDUNDANCY.
If any ISP or business banks only on Seacom for International bandwidth and it breaks, they're screwed until its fixed...
The only way to assure uptime is to buy both Seacom and other international bandwidth, and both will require contracted periods. So you're balancing your eggs over a couple of baskets to be safe, and while one may cost 1/3 or whatever of the other, the combined costs must be spread over all users. Of course some can pay a premium for the assurance of some kind of SLA, but the costs would still be spread.
Add to that the fact that it is brand new and untested - you can't just throw caution to the wind and to hell with it - go with the cheapest there is... not very savvy business sense, unless you're ok with a 'cheap & nasty' label.
Redundancy and at least a bit of a track record is probably required before we see major decreases in price - hence the 'wait for eassy' comments - two cheap sources=cheap bandwidth WITH REDUNDANCY.
If any ISP or business banks only on Seacom for International bandwidth and it breaks, they're screwed until its fixed...
The only way to assure uptime is to buy both Seacom and other international bandwidth, and both will require contracted periods. So you're balancing your eggs over a couple of baskets to be safe, and while one may cost 1/3 or whatever of the other, the combined costs must be spread over all users. Of course some can pay a premium for the assurance of some kind of SLA, but the costs would still be spread.
Add to that the fact that it is brand new and untested - you can't just throw caution to the wind and to hell with it - go with the cheapest there is... not very savvy business sense, unless you're ok with a 'cheap & nasty' label.
Redundancy and at least a bit of a track record is probably required before we see major decreases in price - hence the 'wait for eassy' comments - two cheap sources=cheap bandwidth WITH REDUNDANCY.