[195001] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet connectivity in Nigeria
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Sun Jun 18 16:01:39 2017
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From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:01:33 -0700
To: Sina Owolabi <notify.sina@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> On Jun 18, 2017, at 12:29, Sina Owolabi <notify.sina@gmail.com> wrote:
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> PCCW? I dont think I've heard of them
Pccw would be sat3 glo1 and wacs maybe others.
http://mediafiles.pccwglobal.com/images/downloads/Inf_map.pdf
Their looking glass can give you some idea into their reach with Nigeria wit=
h a little experimentation.
http://lookingglass.pccwglobal.com/
That said sat3 and glo1 combined have something like an order of magnitude l=
ess capacity than wacs so the survival / utility of any of the older systems=
when losing the newest ones is probably less than complete.
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> On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Rod Beck
> <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
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>> PCCW has a strong presence in Africa and they are easy to work with.
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>> - R.
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>> ________________________________
>> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Sina Owolabi
>> <notify.sina@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2017 8:59:41 PM
>> To: nanog@nanog.org list
>> Subject: Internet connectivity in Nigeria
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>> Hi All
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>> Currently having a terrible situation in Nigeria where the GLO1 and
>> MainOne cables appear to be both down.
>> Can anyone suggest a good Nigerian ISP with redundancies enough to
>> overcome at least two of the following dying out?
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>> SAT-3
>> WACS
>> GLO1
>> ACE
>> MainOne
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>> Please dont say MTN or any of the Nigerian telcos, except there are no
>> other options, customer service will leave you trying to commit bodily
>> harm.
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