East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable 198
Abel Mebratu writes with this excerpt from the BBC: "The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa has gone live. The fiber-optic cable, operated by African-owned firm Seacom, connects South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique to Europe and Asia. The firm says the cable will help to boost the prospects of the region's industry and commerce. The cable — which is 17,000km long — took two years to lay and cost more than $650m."
Re:Snip Snip Snip (Score:5, Funny)
If it's coiled the right way, I'm sure it will be.
Re:Snip Snip Snip (Score:5, Funny)
Undersea pirates?
Are you telling me they have developed gills now?
$650M for a 17000km cable... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mod Parent Up. (Score:4, Funny)
A less cynical person
There's no such thing as "less cynical" on slashdot. There's only "over-cynical", "super-cynical", and "Anonymous Coward".
Re:$650M for a 17000km cable... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pirated broadband (Score:5, Funny)
They mean that bit torrent users in Somalia were using up so much bandwidth that the cable couldn't be used
Get the message (Score:2, Funny)
Dear Sir / Madam
As you can see I now have internet access which makes me sending this important message to you much faster than letters.
I am a made-up chief of a tribe who due to circumstances has $26,000,000 which I would like to offer you 10% if you can help me move the money out of my country. With the new internet connection, you will find you will be paid much faster than ever, and I can spam more of the world faster than ever before.
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Scamming at 10Gbps (Score:1, Funny)
Request for urgent business relationship
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Yours faithfully,
Dr Clement Okon
Re:$650M for a 17000km cable... (Score:3, Funny)
Aye! It be a Sea Monster Cable!
Re:Good, now I can get more money from Nigeria. (Score:2, Funny)
Sir SoreHands,
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Please provide all of your banking, social security, address, telephone numbers, and fax numbers to my email address for to start work on this transfer.
Yours cautiously and faithfully, but not greededly
Dr. Jacob Smith PhD MBA NBA NFL
CEO_nort_western_hilly_regional_bank_of_nigeria_ltd_corp@gmail.com
Re:Mod Parent Up. (Score:5, Funny)
That's Anonymous Cowardon to you, MISTER!
Re:Very good news! (Score:5, Funny)
Arrrghhh! Walk the plank, you scurvy dog.... (Score:3, Funny)
That comment caused my parrot to fall off the poop deck in laughter whilst trying to add the wooden knobs to the Sea Monster cables, you insensitive clod!
May your sea-fairing, peg-legged ass be keel-hauled for this!...it was a good parrot, mate, and I'll miss it a lot!
Ahoy, me Hearties! (Score:2, Funny)
So now the East Africans will have the ability to be virtual pirates too!
Ahh cummon, someone had to say it ;-)
Re:Very good news! (Score:3, Funny)
Since Sarah Palin said so! [youtube.com]
Great news indeed!... (Score:3, Funny)
From the undeveloped side of Silicon valley (Score:4, Funny)
I live in San Jose, California. I can see Google, and other campuses from my house. I can not get High speed internet. I use a dial-up line. I am just a little bit up the hill, and the new development less than 200m down the hill all have high speed DSL, they also have comcast cable. All that does me little good, as nobody will connect me.
Maybe the telecom companies will have extra resources to connect me, now that they are finished with Africa.
Re:$650M for a 17000km cable... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Snip Snip Snip (Score:2, Funny)
my comment has a citation
[citation needed]
Re:Good, now I can get more money from Nigeria. (Score:2, Funny)
Whoosh!
Re:$650M for a 17000km cable... (Score:2, Funny)