Author: Roderick Beck.
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The Evolution Of Submarine Fibre Optic Cable Technology – Direct Optical Detection And Chromatic Dispersion
The era of subsea fibre optic technology began with a very simple, elegant approach. In the digital world we rely on binary code as the language for networks, computer processing, and storage. One advantage of the binary format is that any data can be represented by only two symbols, zero and one. This means faster…
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Burying Fibre Optic Subsea Cables In Shallow Waters: The How And Why
It is standard practice to bury subsea cables in shallow waters. This generally means the ocean or sea lying above the continental shelf. The shelf is really just that part of the continent that is submerged under water during the warm periods between the earth’s recurring ice ages. During interglacial periods like now the shelves…
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Red Sea Cable Repairs Almost Complete
Seacom went live two days ago and EIG is now being repaired. The repairs revealed that an anchor damaged the cables and hence vindicate my theory that the Rubymar was responsible. Bloomberg quoted me on this issue shortly after the outages started The Houthis hit this ship with a missile and it dropped anchor so…
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Subsea Cables RFS 2025 – 2Africa – Part 2
2Africa Landings Luando, Angola Manama, Bahrain Moroni, Comoros Muanda, Democratic Republic of Congo Pointe-Noire, Congo Abidjan, Ivory Coast Djibouti City, Djibouti Port Said, Egypt Ras Ghareb, Egypt Suez, Egypt Zafarana, Egypt Marseille, France Libreville, Gabon Accra, Ghana Tympaki, Greece Mumbai, India Al Faw, Iraq Genoa, Italy Mombasa, Kenya Mtwapa, Kenya Kuwait City, Kuwait Mahajanga, Madagascar…
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Singapore/Marseille Route Bypass Of Red Sea And Egypt: Part 2
The least expensive Mumbai/Singapore cable is BBG (Bay of Bengal Gateway) and it enjoys the advantage of also directly connecting Singapore to Oman and the UAE. So most bypass route solutions use it. So the standard choice is to buy Oman/Singapore on BBG. Once the traffic reaches Oman a plethora of options present themselves. The…
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Inexpensive Equiano Capacity With Low Cost Lagos Metro Connectivity
I have teamed up with a nimble African carrier that can quickly deliver 100G waves on the Equiano cable between carrier neutral data centres for $25K a month or less on 1 year contracts. Both Lisbon/Lagos and Lagos/South Africa routes. Best of all, the provider has a Lagos metro fibre network so it can extend your network…
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Record Sales Month – 1.5 Terabits
Hi Everyone, I want to thank my contacts, friends, customers, and carrier partners. In July I sold 1.5 Terabits of capacity. Mostly incredibly cheap European 100G waves. But that total does include my first Equiano 100G Nigeria/South Africa sale. 😀 A noteworthy achievement, and a personal best, which is highly gratifying. Thanks again. Regards, Roderick.
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Facebook Submarine Cable & Telecom Infrastructure Group
Facebook is great for photos and hence is ideal for a subsea cable group. Please join for great posts and discussion. Linkedin is passé. https://www.facebook.com/groups/971411328115938
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Misleading Digital Giant Claims About The Economic Impact Of Their Cable Investments
Digital Giants regularly boast about the impact of their network investments on humanity’s welfare. Undoubtedly, good Internet infrastructure leads to new services and raises productivity. It is essential to a modern society. But quantifying how much subsea cables boost real GDP is a hopeless statistical task because economic models often struggle to explain growth and economic development.…
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Subsea Cables RFS 2025 – 2Africa – Part 3
My best guess is that this extraordinary project goes fully live by the end of the first quarter of 2025. So far only the Kenya/Tanzania/South Africa segments have been activated and it is not clear whether they passing live traffic at this point. For more details, click on https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/2africa-cable-set-live-between-south-africa-and-kenya/ The 2Africa subsea network is based…
