{"id":293898,"date":"2019-01-30T08:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=293898"},"modified":"2019-01-30T08:03:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T06:03:54","slug":"liquid-telecom-big-network-refresh-and-a-few-unlucky-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/293898-liquid-telecom-big-network-refresh-and-a-few-unlucky-breaks.html","title":{"rendered":"Liquid Telecom – Big network refresh and a few unlucky breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liquid Telecom is busy with the biggest network modernisation project the company has undertaken in over a decade.<\/p>\n

The network refresh, which started in August 2018, includes replacing aging infrastructure across its core and aggregation networks.<\/p>\n

Speaking to MyBroadband, Liquid Telecom CEO Reshaad Sha said most of this project is expected to be completed by April.<\/p>\n

The refreshed network will include a wide range of automated services and will enable the company to offer next-generation telecoms products to clients.<\/p>\n

The extent of the project means that there will be some network disruptions during the upgrade period, however.<\/p>\n

Sha explained that they are managing these disruptions and are working with their clients to minimise the impact on their businesses.<\/p>\n

Unlucky breaks<\/h3>\n

While Liquid Telecom\u2019s network refresh project is behind certain network disruptions experienced by clients, the company has also been hit by two big fibre breaks in recent months.<\/p>\n

The first was caused by copper thieves who cut through and broke all conduits along a 2-kilometre stretch. This was along a major route for Liquid Telecom, which had a ripple effect on the systems used to re-route traffic.<\/p>\n

To restore this route new infrastructure had to be built, which took much longer than fixing a simple break.<\/p>\n

The second incident, which took place in late December, was caused by a burst water pipe in Randburg.<\/p>\n

The water utility provider dug up the pavement to install new pipes, which resulted in a big break along an important fibre route which connects two primary points-of-presence.<\/p>\n

This fibre break, which took a several days to fix, forced Liquid Telecom to move traffic to alternative routes.<\/p>\n

Damage to Liquid Telecom\u2019s fibre network<\/h3>\n

The photos below show the extent of the damage caused by the criminals and the water utility incident.<\/p>\n

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Now read:\u00a0Liquid Telecom to build 4G network in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liquid Telecom is busy with its biggest network modernisation in a decade – expect more automation and much better products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":256181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,3116,915],"class_list":["post-293898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecoms","tag-headline","tag-liquid-telecom","tag-reshaad-sha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293978,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293898\/revisions\/293978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}