Subsea Cables & Internet Infrastructure

Cable: 2Africa. A point: JB1, South Africa. Z point: IColo 1, IColo 2, Telehouse or Seacom CLS. Initial Bandwidth: 10G. Granular Layer 1 FlexE service can be upgraded in 1G increments up to 100G. FlexE Protocol 1. Granular Layer 1 with Ethernet wrapping. 2. No jitter. 3. Layer 1 latency. 4. No Ethernet switching. 5. FlexE: https://www.oiforum.com/technical-work/hot-topics/flex-ethernet-flexe-2/.

What a deal!!! Get yourself a promotion, buy now. 🙂 A point: SG1. Z point: Maruyama CLS. Service: Layer 100G Wave. Interface: 100GE. Term: 1 Year. Delivery: Under 4 weeks.

Term: three years. NRC: $8,500. Delivery: 4-6 weeks. Remark: Equiano has the lowest latency between Capetown and Lisbon. A point: LS1, Lisbon Equinix. Z point: CT1, Capetown, SA. Customer responsible for cross connects. 

4% O&M; MRS1/SG1.  Fast Path: 135 ms RTD. 

Layer 1 bandwidth is increasingly tight in the Pacific Triangle consisting of Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In particular, many carriers' spare ADC capacity is completely gone. Whole fibre pairs are exhausted. Most older cables like SJC are maxed out. Even SJC2 is mostly gone. A large number of resellers is compounding the bandwidth misery by demanding 100G pricing in the $9K to $12K range. This is absurd and not happening. I know of 3x ADC 100G waves available on the Tokyo/Singapore route. One year contracts only. Non-Chinese carrier and equipment. Demarcation points are SG1 and Maruyama CLS. MRC is an inexpensive $13.7K. Don't be a fool and shop this price because this is the network operator's offer, not a resale by me. I don't resale. I take you to the Source (like the Machine Main Frame in the Matrix film series). There is one SJC2 100G wave available for contract early February. SG3/CC1. Available on a 3 year contract at $13.5K MRC plus a $10K install. One SJC...

Hi Everyone,  I am available to help you acquire Layer 1-3 network capacity based on your requirements. In general I don't charge procurement fees because the carriers will pay me for any subsequent sales. So if you work with me and you buy, then you will contract directly with the network operator. This ensures you get the best possible price. My value-added is my knowledge of the operators, market pricing, delivery performance, latency, uptime, commercial flexibility, strengths, weaknesses, and the like. I am also good at negotiating deal terms on your behalf.  In a few cases I take a retainer because the client is looking for long term consulting.  You can reach me at roderick.beck@networksourcing.net. I live part of the year in Europe and also in Africa. 

Not only do I offer Equiano 100Gs below $20K with you contracting directly with the network operator, but also available are Layer 2 50G protected MPLS circuits on Equiano for $13,500 MRC on two year terms. This allows you to migrate from granular Layer 2 to Layer 1 as your business scales and performance requirements increase. African ISPs need to seize the day before capacity tightens and the window of opportunity closes due to the lack of any new cables for 3 to 5 years.

Probably not. Right now carriers are charging $7K to $9K per month for a 100G wave linking IColo1 and IColo2. This is the pricing of a cozy oligopoly, not a competitive market. Moreover, the carriers have inflated their costs by using brand name hardware when comparable products like Smart Optics offer 50% to 60% discounts on both the price tag and operating expenses (there is good Layer 1 networking gear with no recurring costs in the form of port activation fees or licensing). I can refer you to a smart optics VAR. In contrast, you can lease today recently manufactured dark fibre pairs between IColo 1 and IColo 2 for $1,100 per month for the 18 kilometer primary path and $1,400 for the 23 kilometer backup path. So for $2,500 a month on a 3 year contract you can get a fully diverse fibre ring between these two important data centers. Moreover, it is unlikely you need long range optics. Each fibre pair can do 10 to 20 terabits.

Term: 2 Years. 2Africa Djibouti CLS cross connects are $125 per month and 100G backhaul to Djibouti Data Center is $1100 per month. 

A point: Most carrier neutral Mumbai data centers. Z point: SG1, Singapore. Term: 1 Year. NRC: $10K.

EIG upgrade has been delayed until 2028. Three year MRC: Under $40K for right customer. Life of system I00G wave IRU ~ $1 million. 

A point: IColo 1 or IColo 2. Z point: JB1. Term: 2 Years. Customer responisible for cross connects. 2Africa is the Lambourghini of African subsea cables. Better designed than other system with the possible exception of Equiano. Deeply buried in coastal waters and routed to avoid danger spots.

LS1/CT1; $17,500 MRC; Two year term. LS1/OADC; $17,500 MRC; Two year term.

MRC: $19,200. Term: 2 Years. Lisbon/London backhaul route protected. 

And I have the solution to your Lagos metro network nightmare. Competitively priced and protected 100G waves using a unique right of way largely immune from civil and private construction harm.

Two year term.

MRC: $32.5K. A point: Most Mumbai DCs. Z point: SG3.  Cable: IAX.

Mombasa Icolo 1/Djibouti CLS; $23,500 MRC; 3 Years. Protected backhaul to Djibiouti data center only $1,050 extra. 🙂  Mombasa Icolo 2/JB Terraco; $25,400 MRC; 3 Years. Backhaul protected.

RTD: 135 milliseconds. Term: 1 Year. Only one wave available.

A point: SG1. Z point: FR5. Term: 3 Years. Routing: Avoids Marseille and clocks 139 ms RTD.