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

[Hakikur Rahman]

Jean-Louis and All,

My point for supporting Avri was on the same 
issue that you have mentioned. I have marked it 
bold inside your text. And, will be happy to 
discuss further in resolving these issues, especially in developing countries.

Thanking you,
Hakik


At 22:54 10-01-2012, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
>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"
> > Copie à :
> > 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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