Hi Alex, comments below, a bit lengthy so do apologise to list :-) On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>wrote:
This site was with Seacom Live was up on friday after launch, I saw it after Mworia posted the twitter link. I went a bit further than and managed to get a basic diagram of Seacom, which made a lot of things clear. For example , total capacity to each landing station eg Mombasa, Dar is STM4 ( 600Mbp/s ) while each landing station has an interconnection say between Mombasa to Dar is STM1 ( 155Mbps ). Now that I've researched Teams and effects a bit more, I think Teams will use Seacom interconnections across to Dar and other landing stations via Mombasa. Actually what I found completely surprising about Seacom Launch , besides that 99% of telco industry had other plans up their sleeve, was a complete lack of celebration from industry professionals. Even blog sites, who probably understand very little about networks had something positive to say. Teams, Seacom and other cable operators bring change to kenya and each is funded differently and different business plans but the goals are the same, though pricing maybe different . Anyway, as Michuki put it, at skunkslist we are at a different level so will let it be. To put it into perspective, as of today morning we have 2 networks in kenya. Real BroadBand and Fake Broadband( corrupted packets, http acceleration and compression, delayed caching, bandwidth prioritization rules etc ). Safaricom 3G and KDN have become pioneers and now offer Real BroadBand. FYI : I'm not on Safcom 3g for personal reasons. I went to village market today to print some pics, and met the safaricom staff with the benz promo. I hope they will pass the message to MJ and Team. Its time those who have the terminations moved into high gear with serious business campaigns to bring awareness to kenyans. The market , for the time being, belongs to them. This is what makes pioneers who have a vision, who against odds had faith and commitment to follow through. But don't hold the above against Aki incase I've touched anyone's nerves as it is my very shallow opinion. If the case so, my apology in advance. Over and Out. :-).