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  • Red Sea Cable Repairs Almost Complete

    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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  • Inexpensive Equiano Capacity With Low Cost Lagos Metro Connectivity

    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 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

    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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