On 6/8/24 16:42, Amin Dayekh via zanog-discuss wrote:
Ben, Subsea and terrestrial fiber must have a good business outcome to operate, Earth stations being built by low orbit satellites and operated by same are isolating conventional companies who rely on ISPs to resell, private consumers and organizations. There is only one station in AFRICA, all traffic is routed through it as per the last time I CHECKED. One dominator in the Market isolates others and probably they will be forced to shut down, reduce operations, come up with a good competitive product or diversify, etc...
wait until the market saturates well. Some users are subscribing to roaming services and then actually using the service in countries where the product is not yet licensed.
this user, and his likes, business or residential, disconnected from another provider.
there is a bunch of ISPs here considering seriously to shut down
IP Transit is a very low-margin business right now, especially if you are green-fielding.
This has nothing to do with fibre vs. satellite. It is all to do with legacy or access to funding.
Mark.