>Where exactly is the internet backbone ? ;)
>Some of the major networks now all go through Mumbai. Not to mention 2 Indian companies now own the biggest submarine fiber >networks in the world. Seacom offers an SLA, as I believe all their partners also do. But there's been like 4 outages now since >Seacom went live on the Msa-Nbi route ... really need some redundancy there. Seacom gives the same price inland through a >partnership agreement with KDN ie they sell at the same price anywhere, using KDN's backbone. They also sell directly to >consumers. They do have a license to roll out long-distance terrestrial fiber if they need to as well.
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To clarify what I meant about the backbone was tiered services on the cables. These are SLA-ized between carriers at various tiers as you know too. Mumbai is a hub but I believe there are some routes that have guaranteed route rates with escalations/costs to match the tiered trunks. In the case of Washington's 512kbps, this I'd assume carries an SLA between KDN ( Nai-Mombasa ) and Seacom ( Mombasa-Mumbai), therefore his purchase SLA is guaranteed from Nairobi to Mumbai ( top tier here with seacom ), less natural calamities.

Thanks for the update on Seacom. BTW, would you know when zuku go fully operational with real broadband i.e data rates of 50-200KB/s, including allowing return voip services? I think your rate for a 1Mbit package was ksh 7000/-? And will it be offered with a public subnet ( subnet can be charged seperately annualy ) i.e allow tech people to do hosting at home etc... It would make ideal backup for offices.

My apology if I was a big aggressive on the list around the time of Seacom launch, the days that followed were a terrible disappointment.... :-)