[afnog] [AfrISPA.Discuss] Good Article by Anders Comstedt,

[Jim Forster]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Global One Solutions wrote:

> Please read this article, very interesting.  http://www.aitecafrica.com/news/view/88

As a related datapoint, fiber is quite widespread in India.   The big  
companies have laid it all over the country, and even the little guys  
are putting it into some towns and city.   In Mysore, a city of  
700,000 people, a small company has installed 300km.  Their cost is  
about $600/km installed above ground, and $3000/km installed  
underground.   This includes splicing and termination (in this just  
cheap ethernet-optic 'media converters' -- 100Mb Ethernet).   The  
fiber itself sells for about $200/km.   The fusion splicer they use  
costs about $7000, but I'm told new models are half that.

   -- Jim

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