Carrier Neutral Site - Freetown, Sierra Leone?
Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell. 😃 Regards, Roderick. Roderick Beck Global Network Capacity Procurement United Cable Company www.unitedcablecompany.com<http://www.unitedcablecompany.com> https://unitedcablecompany.com/video/ New York City & Budapest rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com Budapest: 36-70-605-5144 NJ: 908-452-8183 [1467221477350_image005.png]
There is really no such thing since there is just the one cable landing station. I've previously spent months working in network infrastructure and telecom in Sierra Leone, contact me off-list if you're serious about getting something done there. On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 9:46 AM Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell.
😃
Regards,
Roderick.
Roderick Beck Global Network Capacity Procurement
United Cable Company www.unitedcablecompany.com https://unitedcablecompany.com/video/ New York City & Budapest
rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com
Budapest: 36-70-605-5144
NJ: 908-452-8183
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I am sure South Africa is better. I am really referring to French speaking Western Africa. -R. ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 5:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Carrier Neutral Site - Freetown, Sierra Leone? On 2/18/21 19:45, Rod Beck wrote: Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell. A broad brush for such a large place. Mark.
Hello, I am sure it could resolve the discussion and the topic easier and more helpful, if you can line out what exactly is the issue and where help is needed, and not comparing and generalizing the order of a circuit for a whole continent to walking or passing by the idea of a hell. That is pretty unfair. We don’t have any business in Africa, but I’d like to listen and understand. Regards Jörg On 19 Feb 2021, at 12:19, Rod Beck wrote:
I am sure South Africa is better. I am really referring to French speaking Western Africa.
-R.
________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 5:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Carrier Neutral Site - Freetown, Sierra Leone?
On 2/18/21 19:45, Rod Beck wrote:
Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell.
A broad brush for such a large place.
Mark.
On 2/19/21 13:47, Jörg Kost wrote:
Hello,
I am sure it could resolve the discussion and the topic easier and more helpful, if you can line out what exactly is the issue and where help is needed, and not comparing and generalizing the order of a circuit for a whole continent to walking or passing by the idea of a hell. That is pretty unfair.
We don’t have any business in Africa, but I’d like to listen and understand.
This is what I'm also trying to get to, albeit the long-way around. That said, the OP did speak of Freetown, so. If I can get more detail, I can reach out to some folk that run network in those parts and see if they can help. My/our expertise is more eastern and southern Africa. Mark.
My own admittedly relatively limited experience with networking in Africa has always been that people truly, honestly want to help make things better whenever it's reasonably possible (e.g. you obviously can't break local laws, or ignore a regulator). The attitude is generally very very good, compared to what we've seen in some other regions of the world. That being said, I have no experience with Sierra Leone in particular so can't help out in this case.. Best regards, Martijn On 2/19/21 12:57 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: On 2/19/21 13:47, Jörg Kost wrote: Hello, I am sure it could resolve the discussion and the topic easier and more helpful, if you can line out what exactly is the issue and where help is needed, and not comparing and generalizing the order of a circuit for a whole continent to walking or passing by the idea of a hell. That is pretty unfair. We don’t have any business in Africa, but I’d like to listen and understand. This is what I'm also trying to get to, albeit the long-way around. That said, the OP did speak of Freetown, so. If I can get more detail, I can reach out to some folk that run network in those parts and see if they can help. My/our expertise is more eastern and southern Africa. Mark.
On 2/19/21 14:34, Martijn Schmidt wrote:
My own admittedly relatively limited experience with networking in Africa has always been that people truly, honestly want to help make things better whenever it's reasonably possible (e.g. you obviously can't break local laws, or ignore a regulator). The attitude is generally very very good, compared to what we've seen in some other regions of the world. That being said, I have no experience with Sierra Leone in particular so can't help out in this case..
MainOne, Glo-1 and ACE, would be the current major routes into West Africa. I know some people there and can reach out, if they aren't lurking here already. Mark.
As you can guess from the name of the capital, Sierra Leone is an English speaking country Ge
Le 19 févr. 2021 à 12:19, Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> a écrit :
I am sure South Africa is better. I am really referring to French speaking Western Africa.
-R.
From: NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org <mailto:nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org>> on behalf of Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa <mailto:mark@tinka.africa>> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 5:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> <nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> Subject: Re: Carrier Neutral Site - Freetown, Sierra Leone?
On 2/18/21 19:45, Rod Beck wrote:
Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell.
A broad brush for such a large place.
Mark.
Sierra Leone is very much *not* French speaking, in the context of ISPs and telecom. There may be a significant minority of people who do speak French due to its regional proximity to other countries, for business, but the language of higher education, business, finance, telecom, real estate and so forth is all in English. On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 3:20 AM Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
I am sure South Africa is better. I am really referring to French speaking Western Africa.
-R.
------------------------------ *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> *Sent:* Friday, February 19, 2021 5:09 AM *To:* nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org> *Subject:* Re: Carrier Neutral Site - Freetown, Sierra Leone?
On 2/18/21 19:45, Rod Beck wrote:
Every time I try to bring a circuit into Africa it is like a complete tour of Dante's Hell.
A broad brush for such a large place.
Mark.
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