On 4/4/09, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <
kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
> Afew hours after landing in mombasa, I caught up with Mombasa skunks
> George & Arthur and set out to the Seacom Landing station.
>
> We were very impressed with what we saw. Seacom are deliberate in
> their planning, professional and very well organized. Noor had
> assigned a gentleman called Peter Ouko to walk us through. The guys
> knows the network like the back of his hand and has been at it since
> Nov last year.
>
> Cutting through the hype here's what we found:-
>
> 1) the Mombasa landing point will have physical links to Cairo (96
> Uw), Dar (64 Uw), South Africa (64 Uw).
>
> 2) Of this Cairo and SA are complete and what's left is Dar which will
> be connected in the high seas 180km anytime time coming week.
>
> 3) Most of the equipment has been installed eg DWDM, Muxes,
> Generators, ODFs and NOC. What's left is the patching of the TZ cable
> and final commissioning and acceptance.
>
> 4) It's very possible for the service to be ready ahead of Schedule
> 27th June 09.
>
> For all that believe seeing is believing we have it all captured in
> fotos & video footage. More detailed illustration on the
> technical/implementation will follow on some blog or something.
>
> Transmission stuff is fun, the two coders I was with were totally
> clueless. Chin up troops we are almost there.
>
> Am glad skunks is back, thanks Laban.
>
>
> --
> David Kiania
> [Asentric Consulting Ltd]
>
> If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no
> matter what his birth ....
>
> -Richest Man in Babylon
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