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Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 6:53pm On Jun 11, 2010 |
You are talking from the point of view of your needs. I think we all are. You think 50kbps is enough until you have it. . . The more access you have the more your requirements grow? You can't tell me someday soon you won't want to run a company of your own. If for example you have a small company you are building that porvides services to Nigerians in the diaspora, you probably will want to set up a website(to display your goods), an office(for geogrphical prescence), a few computers and internet access on all the computers. . . You may think of extending your services to the east of Nigeria and the North . . You open offices, you have computers in the east, North and Lagos. . . You want internet access on all pcs. . . . A consultant tells you deploying VOIP will help save the cost of trunk calls between your offices. . You need internet (at the least, without going into complex stuff) Then someone in the US likes your services, contacts their people in the UK about meeting up with you. . You all agree to meet using a video over IP while you make a presentation to them. . . How then do you think a 50kbps will suffice? Maybe by then, all these issues will be solved. . . |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 6:58pm On Jun 11, 2010 |
Are there any companies in Nigeria offering WIMAX. . ? |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss: 5:09pm On Jun 12, 2010 |
There are a bunch that are running Wimax, but the ones I know for sure are Swift networks, and MTN. There are others, but I don't know them for sure. Swift is actually in the process of upgrading all their equipment. Dear Esteemed Customer, |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by flyuche(m): 9:17pm On Jun 12, 2010 |
other wimax operators are Direct-on-pc, ipnx, |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 1:58pm On Jun 13, 2010 |
Regarding last mile, how do the fibre cables being laid out by Phase 3 Telecoms and Dangote's Alheri Engineering fit in. They are being laid along PHCN powerlines. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by netotse(m): 2:48pm On Jun 13, 2010 |
lumzi23:they are merely leasing the cables from PHCN, they dont own them, PHCN installed them a while back |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 1:28am On Jun 14, 2010 |
Are you sure? Because according to this article they are still being built. http://allafrica.com/stories/200901210237.html At a ceremony in Benin recently, President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said Alheri Engineering had decided to collaborate with Phase3 Telecoms to build a 1,4000 kilometre fibre optic network across the country. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by netotse(m): 11:43am On Jun 14, 2010 |
yep i'm sure. . .spent quite a bit of time in PHCN, fibre was laid 2002ish PHCN uses it for data in very few places, but since there's so much capacity, they sold the rights in the north to 3phase and dangote got the rights for the south. . . |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 2:50pm On Jun 14, 2010 |
ok, cool. One more question: Regarding Glo, what's the difference between it and Main One. You (or someone else) said Main One was only an international Gateway. Could explain further what this means? |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 11:23am On Jun 15, 2010 |
@jdoss Thanks a bunch. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 11:46am On Jun 15, 2010 |
lumzi23: The difference between them are:- Glo are laying fibre right down to your neighbourhood. And they have a submarine cable as well. Main one only have a submarine cable. Main one takes things seriously. Glo keeps dragging on and messing around. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by goggs(m): 2:45pm On Jun 15, 2010 |
Main One looks more serious and committed considering the array of investors and backers (GTB, AFC, Funke Opeke, Fola Adeola and Co) Nobody seems to be sure who is backing Globacom. Adenuga? Babangida? Even his contractors Alcatel Lucent aren't stating much about the deal unlike Main One project. Come to think of it Globacom says its glo 1 cost 800 million dollars to build, Main one says their cost 250 million. Main One is less than a third shorter and 3 times the capacity of Glo. Look at this comparison Glo Main One Length 9,800km 7,000km Capacity 640 GB 1.92 TB Cost 800m dollars 240 m dollars Est Const period 4 years 18 months I hope the launch of Main One will jolt Glo into being more transparent than it has been. For links to the above facts please see below http://www.afdb.org/en/news-events/article/afdb-and-main-one-cable-company-sign-usd-61-million-loan-5140/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globacom http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=2249 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=3111 |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by 4llerbuntu(m): 3:07pm On Jun 15, 2010 |
globacom= super liars, green liars |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 6:39pm On Jun 15, 2010 |
I guess Glo thought they were riding on to some sort of monopoly being a national carrier. It's nice to know they have some competition. I only just wish they can have some more competition for last mile bandwidth. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by naijatoday: 7:58pm On Jun 15, 2010 |
nateevs: If Glo is bringing their cable to my neighborhood unlike Marine one, is that not better (faster)? Only God knows if Glo-1 will ever launch. Thanks for the info goggs but, don't see Glo's Capacity in any of the links (i guess it is there somewhere). Does anyone know the capacity of the one MTN is investing in. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by goggs(m): 8:58pm On Jun 15, 2010 |
@naijatoday read this for glo 1's capacity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLO-1_%28cable_system%29 MTN is one of the companies investing in a 3.84Tbps cable http://www.cw.com/Cable-Wireless-invests-in-high-speed-fibre-links-to-connect-Africa-and-Europe More about the cable http://africa.tmcnet.com/topics/othercountries/articles/54118-alcatel-lucent-wacs-partner-deploy-submarine-cable-network.htm |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 6:12pm On Jun 16, 2010 |
nateevs: So assuming glo lays fibre to general consumers, will competing cables have access to said fibre. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by nateevs(m): 12:41pm On Jun 17, 2010 |
lumzi23: If I understand your question well, my answer is; there can only be competition if other companies lay their own fibre to our doorsteps as well. The other channel for competition is where companies buy bandwidth off Glo and sell to you. That however can't be as competitive as where the company owns it's own infrastructure. The companies will be selling just over the base rate that Glo offers them. . . Meaning everything (or yet most of) is still down to Glo. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 12:06am On Jun 19, 2010 |
nateevs: Well, I hope that other companies lay down fibre to compete with Glo. Thank you. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by sauwal: 5:09pm On Jun 19, 2010 |
i learnt that their launch day for the cable is next monday 21/6/2010 |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 6:29pm On Jun 19, 2010 |
sauwal: Is this Glo-1 or Main One? |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss: 5:27pm On Jun 21, 2010 |
Haven't seen anything online, can anyone confirm if Glo-1 launched today. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by naijatoday: 7:31pm On Jun 21, 2010 |
Main-one is the only company that I know is launching in July. I do not think Glo-1 will be launching anytime soon. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by jdoss: 9:40pm On Jun 30, 2010 |
The era of the single submarine cable in Naija is about to come to an end . If anyone notices any improvement on any ISP tomorrow, please let me/us know. We can use that to identify those that purchased capacity. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by flyuche(m): 1:03pm On Jul 04, 2010 |
jdoss:starcomms has improved remarkably. wonder if it's got anything to do with the main one cable launch. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by goggs(m): 11:00pm On Jul 04, 2010 |
@ flyuche how much improvement have you experienced? |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by netotse(m): 11:03pm On Jul 04, 2010 |
@flyuche improve-kini? meself dey use starcomms and i never notice any improvement o. . .na abj i dey |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by init4dmoni(m): 12:57pm On Jul 05, 2010 |
@ flyuche which state you in? [size=3pt]please be ph[/size] |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by flyuche(m): 7:33pm On Jul 05, 2010 |
Portharcourt. |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by lumzi23: 7:58pm On Jul 05, 2010 |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by 4llerbuntu(m): 5:05pm On Jul 06, 2010 |
the first company that can guarantee me 400KBPS and no bandwidth restriction will get a 10 yr subscription from me i hate the fact that am stuck in this country. i have just spent a 2 hrs watching live streams, cnn, youtube etc without a glitch and am guessing all i have is abt 180KBPS!!! i mean if that is enough for me ti actually do that type of stuff then oh golly wow. man i really think there is something wrong with us all in this country jeez, WE ARE BACKWARDS IN THIS COUNTRY O!!!! and for the record, FCCCKKK all ISP in this country. na God go punish una papa |
Re: Globacom Submarine Cable - Glo-1 by netotse(m): 6:19pm On Jul 06, 2010 |
@4ller no glitch ke? wetin you dey use stream them vids? |
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