[kictanet] Seacom goes live?
Brian Munyao Longwe
blongwe at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 12:41:28 EAT 2009
Thanks Tom,
It's about time there was some competition for Telkom in SA.....
Brian
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Maliti, Tom<tmaliti at ap.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just by way of information, Tata Communications will be managing the SEACOM
> cable. Through its subsidiary, Tata Transformation Services, will be in
> charge of managing and operating the cable. Separately, Tata, which is a
> large investor in South Africa's second national operator, Neotel, has
> bought capacity to further take the competition to Telkom SA and reach
> clients not yet serve in that vast country.
>
>
> Tom Maliti
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> From: kictanet-bounces+tmaliti=ap.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+tmaliti=ap.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
> Michael Joseph
> Sent: 29 July 2009 12:29
> To: Maliti, Tom
> Cc: ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?
>
> Just a modem from Safaricom or use your phone (either 3G – better - or EDGE)
>
>
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> CEO
>
> Safaricom Limited
>
>
>
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> From: kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
> Behalf Of warigia bowman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:19 PM
> To: Michael Joseph
> Cc: ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?
>
>
>
> Dear Brian and Michael
>
>
>
> So, what is the best way for the common mwananchi to take advantage of these
> higher speeds? Will we experience them if we have the small dial up through
> safaricom or do we need new equipment.
>
>
>
> Sincerely, Warigia
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> As usual Michael, you are right! I did a traceroute (connected on
> Onecom/Safaricom)
>
> As you can see it hops into London and gets onto AS6453 in London
> which belongs to Tata.
>
> Brian
>
> BryoNet:~ macbook$ traceroute www.yahoo.com
> traceroute to www.wa1.b.yahoo.com (69.147.76.15), 64 hops max, 40 byte
> packets
> 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.302 ms 0.689 ms 0.677 ms
> 2 41-203-221-209.onecom.co.ke (41.203.221.209) 15.363 ms 4.641 ms 4.172
> ms
> 3 41-203-216-12.onecom.co.ke (41.203.216.12) 20.489 ms 6.503 ms 3.367
> ms
> 4 41-203-220-17.onecom.co.ke (41.203.220.17) 5.089 ms 16.715 ms 5.910
> ms
> 5 41-203-220-2.onecom.co.ke (41.203.220.2) 5.636 ms 4.041 ms 4.873 ms
> 6 196.201.222.17 (196.201.222.17) 12.243 ms 4.722 ms 4.986 ms
> 7 if-12-1-3.mcore3.ldn-london.as6453.net (195.219.195.189) 238.321
> ms 183.554 ms 187.807 ms
> 8 if-5-0-0-903.core3.aeq-ashburn.as6453.net (195.219.195.154)
> 272.541 ms 274.972 ms 279.118 ms
> 9 ix-3-0-9.core3.aeq-ashburn.as6453.net (216.6.51.30) 287.170 ms
> 281.733 ms 277.584 ms
> 10 ae2-p140.msr1.re1.yahoo.com (216.115.108.57) 272.322 ms
> ae1-p150.msr2.re1.yahoo.com (216.115.108.21) 276.266 ms 269.433 ms
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Michael Joseph<MJoseph at safaricom.co.ke>
> wrote:
>> I think they are using Tata from Mumbai but I may be wrong. Also
>> comprehensive tests are not complete but nevertheless it gave us an
>> opportunity to experience much faster speeds which can only get better.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> CEO
>> Safaricom Limited
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
>> Behalf Of Maliti, Tom
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:46 AM
>> To: Michael Joseph
>> Cc: ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?
>>
>> Asante sana Brian.
>>
>> I also pinged while connected to a 1Gbps SEACOM connection last week in
>> Mombasa and got similar numbers to what you got.
>>
>> The point is this: we have fiber in Kenya but our service providers are
>> not taking it up, even if it is backup. There have been discussions on this
>> list and other fora about the urgency of fiber for a slew of big and small
>> companies as well just you and I to be able to stream video without
>> interruption or spend less time on email (made possible by high speed
>> connections). Somehow our service providers, with the exception of one, do
>> not get that.
>>
>> Unless of course there are others who already have.
>>
>> Tom Maliti
>> Correspondent
>> East Africa Bureau
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Munyao Longwe [mailto:blongwe at gmail.com]
>> Sent: 29 July 2009 11:24
>> To: Maliti, Tom
>> Cc: ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> SEACOM indeed started providing services last week, however the service
>> being provided is not the *complete* SEACOM project.
>>
>> I understand that what they lit up is the portion that connects SAT-3 in
>> South Africa upto Mombasa - therefore the international link is going via
>> SAT-3. The *complete* system as per their technical drawings connects from
>> Mumbai, India into Djibouti and thence across the EA seaboard. What we have
>> now is more of capacity on their "backup"
>> system. A traceroute or 'ping' across their present link reveals a
>> round-trip-time (RTT) of about 140ms-240ms - this is due to the congestion
>> on SAT-3. A real "end-to-end" fiber system should yield RTT of between
>> 7-30ms.... they, nevertheless called it a "launch"
>>
>> Needless to say, this is much better performance than the satellite that
>> we are used to, thus the excitement is definitely worth it's while - but it
>> will be much more exciting once the true end-to-end services of either
>> SEACOM, TEAMS or others lights up.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Maliti, Tom<tmaliti at ap.org> wrote:
>>> Dear Walu,
>>>
>>> It is almost a week since SEACOM went live and there does not seem to
>>> be that much excitement or response despite the many discussions that
>>> have been dedicated to broadband on this list.
>>>
>>> Your question at the end of your email is still valid. Or is it
>>> possible our varied service providers were not prepared, irrespective
>>> of what they say in public? It seems, however, one service provider
>>> was ready: Safaricom. Their service has been on fiber since Saturday
>>> and anyone who is on their data services has been enjoying the high
>>> speeds that have been talked about for years.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of any others?
>>>
>>> Tom Maliti
>>> Correspondent
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>>> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+tmaliti=ap.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
>>> Behalf Of Walubengo J
>>> Sent: 23 July 2009 17:18
>>> To: Maliti, Tom
>>> Cc: skunk; ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>> Subject: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/SeacomLive/
>>>
>>> Jst reading from Twitter that Seacom has gone live. Not sure if its
>>> only in .TZ though. Any impact in .KE? Ama we are still waiting for
>>> our very own TEAMS?
>>>
>>> Tunajivunia?
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
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