[AusNOG] Au > South Africa Customer Link

[Cameron Murray]

Thanks Brad - It is quite comical in that I hope the two new cables don;t
suffer the same fate when they come online.

I'll check them out.

Ta.

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Brad Peczka <brad at bradpeczka.com> wrote:

> Best routing you'll get at the moment is SEA-ME-WE 3 (when it's up, hah)
> to Singapore, overland to Malaysia, and then via SAFE to South Africa.
>
>
> You'll need to be choosy about your provider though - given Telstra Global
> have an interest in both cables, they might be a good first start.
>
>
> There was talk of a consortium called the Australia West Express putting
> in a cable between Perth and Djibouti via Diego Garcia, who would be the
> best bet for a low latency Africa link, but they've gone very quiet of
> late...
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -Brad.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> on behalf of Cameron
> Murray <cameron.murray at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, 18 December 2017 12:14 PM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Au > South Africa Customer Link
>
> Guys,
>
> I've been asked to entertain the idea of a customer of ours needing a
> dedicated link between their Australian branches and their head office in
> ZA.
>
> They use a Latency sensitive application which is what they are trying to
> improve by this request. Is there any providers that office links from WA >
> ZA ? Currently latency ranges between 450 - 550ms from their WAN gateway in
> Brisbane however if there was an option to terminate a link to their Perth
> office we would take that path.
>
> TIA
>
> Cameron
>
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