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Hi,

Good news again in the Nigerian bandwidth industry. Two (2) new fibre-optic submarine cables are under construction and are expected to go live in Q2 2012. They are :

1. WACS - West African Cable System 5.12 TB/S
2. ACE - African Coast To Europe 5.12 TB/S

Nigeria is among the countries situated to have a landing station. This makes it 5 cables carrying bandwidth for Nigeria to the outside world. Excluding SAT-3, this makes it 4. Wow, this is what I call bandwidth overkill. The issue now is having the infrastructure in the country to take advantage of this bandwidth and deliver it to our homes and offices. The ISP's also should adjust their prices accordingly as competition heats up.

Let me start by saying thank you to Dual Core Baba for the free server. Here is the feedback

1. The IWP server has been relatively stable and opens webpages fast.

2. The MTN network has been irregular since yesterday with peak performance between midnight & 5am.

3. Average download speed with IDM is between 80 KB/S & 150 KB/S. However, when downloading from rapidshare or file serve speeds reach upto 400-450 KB/S.

4. I don't know what happened with the reseller-ng server or MTN is throttling the speed of IWP but I miss that server Speeds where on an average between 500-750 KB/S

Verdict : IWP still beats YF as as far as I am concerned. But am waiting to be convinced.

Thanks, bro !!

Am downloading already !!!

It's clobbering time !!!

Darn it, been trying to connect but no luck.

@ Dual Core, could you help a bro out with the settings for iwp v1. Thanks. Send it to my e-mail.

EuroMeko:
How much will an unlimited internet access (depending on what type of link is available in Ibadan for example) cost monthly?

The other question I have is what are the expected clients for a data center in Nigeria?

It seems that most large companies will have their own (again based on US). Is the market for data storage that prominent for the middle sector and perhaps SOHO?

1. Very few products in Nigeria give you unlimited internet access as operators always place a bandwidth limit on such plans. However, there are a few options. I am not much familiar with the ISP landscape in Ibadan but i believe that most Lagos based ISP's also have operations in Ibadan. An example of an unlimited internet access in Ibadan is the ADSL service from MTN Nigeria called HyConnect. However, you must confirm with MTN that the service is available in your area. I have attached the price list for you. Prices however are as of 2009. Will get the current price list for you from a friend that works at MTN.

2. State Governments, Universities, I.T Training Institutions, etc are among the expected client lists. With good marketing and awareness, there is a large consumer market in Nigeria.

3. The CBN and Payment Systems like Interswitch, Etranzact all deal with large volumes of data. Banks and Other financial institutions also have large data needs. However, the middle sector mostly will need hosting facilities and backups for their data. SOHO are crippled by the lack of a stable, affordable internet connection. But will make more research.

The views expressed above however are mine, any errors or omissions are deeply regretted.

Hhmm, stress test, abi ?!

Oya, let's go there !!!

EuroMeko:
Thanks for the link. Good reading.

Your welcome

So, what do you think about my idea ??

Galaxy Backbone http://www.galaxybackbone.com/

Suburban Telecoms http://www.suburbantelecom.com/

21st Century Technologies http://www.21ctl.com/

All companies have deployed fibre networks and data centres and have offices in Lagos and Abuja. Will post a few more with links.

Hi EuroMeko,

It's nice to see this interesting thread re-activated again. So, many things have changed in the nigerian I.T industry since the beginning of this thread. 2 major submarine cables have landed in the country bringing to a total of 3 fibre-optic submarine cables that bring about a large quantity of bandwidth needed to connect Nigeria to the outside world.

1. Maine One 1.28 Tbit/s

2. Glo-1 2.5 Tbit/s

3. SAT-3 120Gbit/s

With the landing of these 2 new cables, prices of bandwidth have reduced considerably. A datacentre will benefit greatly immensely form conncetivity to thses cables. Furthermore, if we are to really start thinking of building a data centre, a good location will be near a PHCN substation where power can be guaranteed via a dedicated line. What do you think ?

Is there any reputable place in Lagos that a person can get fibre optics training ??

Well, this an old thread but time is showing us the changes that have happened in Nigeria. 2 new submarine cables have landed and commenced operations and the GSM companies are deploying fibre backbones across the country. Truly, VSAT is dying.

Wow, it seems glo has been busy signing on corporate clients on to its network and forgotten about the masses.

http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201106131465748

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/06/glo-gets-10yr-gsm-deal/

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Attach 3 monitors to 1 system and enjoy ATI Eyefinity technology

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Sapphire ATI 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5770 is still up for sale

This Direct X 11 graphics card is perfect for your desktop

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Laptop Sold

Congratulations Abu Kwatu

Price N210,000

austin4real:
Pls sir cant your price go any lower

laptop is brand new & never been used. i myself bought it for slightly above n200,000. am not too greedy. when you factor in cost of shipping & the exchange rate, you will see that the system is actually a bargain. its worth the money.

As far as most Northerners are concerned, BOKO HARAM can clear all the Northern leaders. They are the ones that contributed to illiteracy & poverty happening in the North. Its just unfortunate that innocents are getting caught in the mix. If Namadi Sambo values his life, he should clear stay from Borno. These guys will sacrifice themselves to kill him.

The ATI 1GB Radeon 5770 is perfect for your desktop. Plays most modern games at high resolutions & perfect for your graphics work or video encoding. It has 3 display ports. Which means you can have upto 3 displays. Cool !!

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austin4real:
Pls sir can it go for180k, dis laptop is perfect for my work.

thats a good offer !! but its below the market price. i cant go below 200,000. you can check online for its prices.

Laptop is perfect for gaming & 3D rendering with its Quadcore CPU & dedicated GPU. And yes, it does plays crisis.

austin4real:
pls sir wats your last price, deeply intrested in the PC

i believe the price i quoted is very reasonable. you can check & confirm the price of the pc online.

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