[governance] The Gilder Friday Letter #Net Neutrality

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Indeed, Liquid Telecom is not only an ambitious operator (this may be a compliment) but also a clever marketing expert ... In other words, this map demonstrates what I's mentioning in my previous mail.

< PS folk have been laying 


Not sure you're right. Take a look (e.g.) at the West African coast and you'll find about eight submarine cables serving the almost same landing stations. Do you know how many are busy and what amount of traffic (in Gbit/s) they are REALLY carrying ?

Actually, three submarine cables/systems would be sufficient for carrying all the traffic even the foreseeable one. Since the mean cost of such a submarine cable is 600 M$ you may be able to judge if your assumption is still relevant. And this West African coast case is just one of a lot of others ...

Jean-Louis Fullsack






> Message du 15/09/13 16:32
> De : "McTim" 
> A : "Jean-Louis FULLSACK" 
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> Objet : Re: [governance] The Gilder Friday Letter #Net Neutrality
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On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK  wrote:
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> Thanks McTim
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> The problem with these maps as shown in your link is that they are aimed to "communicate" rather than to plot completed and operational (working) links ! Hence you have to eliminate all these "powerpoint infrastructures" and the links that are idle either due to mis-enginneering (e.g. Uganda), or to technical defaults or to lack of means (financial inclusive) to repair.
> Unfortunately, there are a lot;

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there are. But in the last 5 years or so, the PS folk have been laying 
operational fiber without government involvement, so the waste fraud and abuse of funds isn't what it once was.

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The bottom line is that the PS is creating this fiber network in Africa. Here is another map of a completely operational network of one provider, connecting Capet Town to Kampala and points in between. It's a reality on the ground. http://www.liquidtelecom.com/fibre/fibre-map

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> Cheers,
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> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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