[Kictanet] Ethiopia on International Optical Fibre!!!!!

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Great, Some local pings rates too!

On 11/12/06, Brian Longwe <brian at pure-id.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> You may not believe this but I am sitting in Addis right now and
> seeing latency of 120ms on a ping to BBC in the UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Apparently the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) did a
> deal with Sudan to get access by extending the national fibre optic
> between two towns close to the border. Interestingly enough this came
> about after another project to link Ethiopia via Eritrea stalled due
> to cross-border negotiations.
>
> At an estimated project cost of approx US$690,000 the country now has
> fairly good internet connectivity. The project was initiated in
> February this year and completed by August with 34 Mbps from Verizon.
> An invitation for bids to provide 155Mbps (STM-1) was also launched
> at the same time.
>
> This is a v. good example of how terrestrial networks can provide a
> quick alternative means of providing international connectivity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian
>
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