[governance] NYT opinion by Vint Cerf: Internet Access is not a HR

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Hello

I'd just mention that I know something about (submarine) cables and telecom networks since I's practiizing them at high level (from design to implementation to operation and management for more than forty years. And I do know very well the engineering rules and their application, including traffic planning and management. Furthermore I know large regions in Africa because I was a Project Coordinator for the ITU during twenty years. This is to say that I'd not fall into the trap Avri and Hakik suggest in their mail (see below). 

Of course, landlocked countries will be served by the submarine cables and add their extra-continental (both incoming to, and outgoing from, Africa) traffic to the submarine cable landing countries one. At the condition a cable exists to connect these countries to each other. Unfortunately this is far from being achieved in all countries concerned. What's more the capacity installed in three submarine cables is sufficient for transporting this extra-continental traffic for ten years to come (see http://www.lightwaveonline.com/networking/featured-articles/Sub-Sahara-Africa-submarine-capacity-to-exceed-20-terabits-in-2012-136939683.html?cmpid=EnlDirectJanuary92012)

Finally as you may know, an investment that is postponed is a resource saved and translates in financial revenue. That's why I believe my statement is valid.

Best

Jean-Louis Fullsack
  




> Message du 10/01/12 14:53
> De : "Hakikur Rahman" 
> A : "Avri Doria" , "IGC" 
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> Objet : Re: [governance] NYT opinion by Vint Cerf: Internet Access is  not a HR
> 
> At 01:35 PM 1/10/2012, Avri Doria wrote:
> >A point I do want to make is that the submarine cables were not 
> >meant for just the purposes of access in the coastal countries but 
> >where meant to provide sufficient access for all of the populations 
> >in the developing economies inside the continent and away from the 
> >coast. Yes there are issues about transit and dark cable that need 
> >to be dealt with, that have not yet been dealt with adequately, but 
> >the point is Kenya's and other coastal countries use of bandwidth, 
> >whether your estimate are correct or not, was not the full load 
> >intended for these cables.
> 
> Agree with Avri. There are critical issues at the ground or national 
> level, including corporate or regional level, though the former ones 
> rule, partly due to policies, and also due to other local 
> manifestations, especially in many developing countries they are not 
> being utilized properly as desired.
> 
> Hakik
> 
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