Is EASSy dead in the water?

Assuming that EASSy ever does happen...

Even if EASSy bandwidth ends up being more expensive than SEACOM bandwidth, I still think that Africa needs several submarine cables to provide effective international bandwidth competition - otherwise SEACOM pricing would probably settle for being slightly below that of SAT-3 & SAFE pricing, besides there is a case to be made for redundancy and alternate routes with lower latency.
 
EASSy has however denied rumours about exclusivity agreements on the cable system, saying that “…albeit that Telkom provides the cable landing station for the EASSy landing, it has no relevance regarding who may / may not use the station but is simply a matter of being the supplier of the cable station facility to the EASSy Parties."

“… neither Telkom nor any other SA Operator for that matter will have an exclusive right to provide bandwidth in and out of South Africa.”
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So the car I own can be used by anyone? True. Will I let anyone use it? No. :rolleyes:
 
It is...or rather let's say was a befuddled and too large a joint effort to begin with. Too many interested parties all vying for power and influence (which pretty much sounds like the SA government on any given day, if you ask me), was bound to stall. But then you have SEACOM, the private sector swoop in, from below the radar and get things moving before anybody could say, "EASSy, what!"

Government involvement sucks. Period.
 
ic said:
Assuming that EASSy ever does happen...

Even if EASSy bandwidth ends up being more expensive than SEACOM bandwidth, I still think that Africa needs several submarine cables to provide effective international bandwidth competition - otherwise SEACOM pricing would probably settle for being slightly below that of SAT-3 & SAFE pricing, besides there is a case to be made for redundancy and alternate routes with lower latency.
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I agree ic!!! The more cables the better! Seacom isnt going to lower their prices to way below SAT3's out of the goodness of their hearts :(
 
It was moving along at a decent clip until the DOC got involved, then like everything else the Ivy touches it just died. :sick:

par for the course.
 
A further 13 adjoining countries will also be linked to the system as terrestrial backbone networks are completed through a broader World Bank Group initiative: these include Botswana, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
LOL Cough,cough:cool:
 
I wouldn't go to the extreme of saying EASSy is dead.
The spokespeople have been playing the "no comment"-card when asked about a possible delay, and the general concensus (on the hush) is that the money went "now you see me ---- POOF ---- now you dont!".

Dunno if my sources are all that accurate, but would it surprise any of us if corruption was indeed afoot? Would it really surprise any of us to learn that half the money went POOF?

Meh, im not holding my breath for the development of any successfull and accessible communications infrastructure within, or connecting to, this country...
... at least not untill i see it.
 
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