[kictanet] TEAMS and Open ended circuit

[robert yawe]

For a while I wondered why the TEAMS cable has not gone hot yet it landed over 2 weeks ago, yesterday I got the answer.

The headline in the newpaper story indicated that Jamii, a partner in the TEAMS project had finally connected to Europe from Fujaira, which sounded a little strange.  Where did  the fibre cable terminate to when it got to Fujaira?

What this statement would suggest is that the termination in Fujaira does not actually connect into the Internet backbone but is actually an "open end" from where the providers must find a carrier, read IPOP, to get them onto the Internet.

Maybe I do not understand this Internet connectivity issue, but taking an analogy that if Kenya Power connect electricity to my house (before which hopefully I had already wired the inside of the house for lights, sockets and cookers) the minute then the minute I flick a switch a light will come on (subject to power rationing schedule and having bought and installed an energy saving bulb).

To the best of my knowledge Kenya Power Transmission Company does not need to be notified to connect my house to the grid and by extension Kengen do not require to be notified to connect me to a generating station whether geothermal, hydro or thermal.

Can someone out there familiar with fibre optic cable termination shade some light on this issue for my benefit and also many others out there.


Robert Yawe

KAY System Technologies Ltd

Phoenix House, 6th Floor

P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

Kenya



Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696


      
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