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Hmmm. Currently SEACOM has 500 GB/sec lit of a total capacity of 12 Tb/sec. TEAMS seems very underutilised as well. This is either a play to try and break mon

Hmmm. Currently SEACOM has 500 GB/sec lit of a total capacity of 12 Tb/sec. TEAMS seems very underutilised as well. This is either a play to try and break monopoly or driver growth. Possibly a bit of both.

bilbo0s 6y ago
True. I'd bet there's also a bit of geopolitical planning going on here as well. It will be far easier to cut african nations off from the internet if we control their access points. As with every gift from the West, the africans probably want to be a little careful about this one. Maybe make sure they maintain a few different links that are, if not controlled by the africans themselves, at least can be controlled by Brazilians, or Russians, or Chinese.
- mschuster91 6y ago
  > Maybe make sure they maintain a few different links that are, if not controlled by the africans themselves, at least can be controlled by Brazilians, or Russians, or Chinese. Russia and China? The US is more trustworthy than both of them, by a lot, and if there is one thing China is good at, it is extortion.
  - bilbo0s 6y ago
    Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but I'm only saying that the africans have had 500 years of experience "trading" with us. So I'm not sure you could get an african to say that trading with the US has been more "trustworthy" than trading with, say, Russia. I'll even go out on a limb one step further and say that we'd be hard pressed to find even black americans who would say that africa trading with the west has been, "trustworthy". I mean, maybe you could find a few here or there, but for the most part, I'm guessing they'll have their guard up when they trade with us. They'll especially be on their guard with any american who struts into africa telling them, "How ya' doing buddy? We're way more 'trustworthy' than that other guy you want to do a deal with!"

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Hmmm. Currently SEACOM has 500 GB/sec lit of a total capacity of 12 Tb/sec. TEAMS seems very underutilised as well. This is either a play to try and break mon

by rssohan 6y ago

bilbo0s 6y ago
True. I'd bet there's also a bit of geopolitical planning going on here as well. It will be far easier to cut african nations off from the internet if we control their access points. As with every gift from the West, the africans probably want to be a little careful about this one. Maybe make sure they maintain a few different links that are, if not controlled by the africans themselves, at least can be controlled by Brazilians, or Russians, or Chinese.
- mschuster91 6y ago
  > Maybe make sure they maintain a few different links that are, if not controlled by the africans themselves, at least can be controlled by Brazilians, or Russians, or Chinese. Russia and China? The US is more trustworthy than both of them, by a lot, and if there is one thing China is good at, it is extortion.
  - bilbo0s 6y ago
    Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but I'm only saying that the africans have had 500 years of experience "trading" with us. So I'm not sure you could get an african to say that trading with the US has been more "trustworthy" than trading with, say, Russia. I'll even go out on a limb one step further and say that we'd be hard pressed to find even black americans who would say that africa trading with the west has been, "trustworthy". I mean, maybe you could find a few here or there, but for the most part, I'm guessing they'll have their guard up when they trade with us. They'll especially be on their guard with any american who struts into africa telling them, "How ya' doing buddy? We're way more 'trustworthy' than that other guy you want to do a deal with!"