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In my latest blog post for @kentikinc, I cover Saint Helena's historic submarine cable activation and tell the story of the years-long advocacy work by @ConnectStHelena to make this development a reality. kentik.com/blog/ending-sa…

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teltarif.de@teltarif·3 Eki

St. #Helena jetzt über Glasfaser erreichbar #Insel teltarif.de/nr3/st-helena-…

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David Belson (@[email protected])@dbelson·2 Eki

@DougMadory @lpoinsig Impressive -- looks like its up as much as 70x as compared to the past week: radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as2108…

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Louis P@lpoinsig·2 Eki

Induced demand for Internet in Saint Helena of about 10x (radar.cloudflare.com/AS210841)

BREAKING NEWS: As of early this morning, the South Atlantic island of St Helena is now sending traffic over their new subsea cable branch to @Google's Equiano cable. @kentikinc synthetics saw a dramatic drop in latency from AWS in London: 657ms → 131ms! kentik.com/analysis/saint…

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·2 Eki

🇸🇭Today marks a historical moment for St Helena island in the South Atlantic Ocean. In the early morning hours, the island's connection to @Google's Equiano cable was activated, bringing 4500 people into the broadband age. Tune in to the initial reactions: youtu.be/meJQ6dKtMGU

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Doug Madory (also on Bluesky)@DougMadory·1 Eki

BREAKING NEWS: As of early this morning, the South Atlantic island of St Helena is now sending traffic over their new subsea cable branch to @Google's Equiano cable. @kentikinc synthetics saw a dramatic drop in latency from AWS in London: 657ms → 131ms! kentik.com/analysis/saint…

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·1 Eyl

St Helena finally activates its link to @Google's Equiano cable funded by €21.5m grant from @EU_Commission but telecoms monopolist remains, continues to limit data allowance on some tariffs despite 100Gbps IRU to Portugal paid for by European taxpayers: sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/st-h…

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·28 Tem

@IanJohnBuckley @Megaconstellati @TMFAssociates @StHelenaGovt @Starlink @OneWeb @Google And because of this legal clusterfuck 4,500 people isolated in the middle of the South Atlantic cannot use a 80Tbps submarine cable - the fastest of its kind - that the @EU_Commission through the European Development Fund gifted them by a €21.5m grant: sainthelena.gov.sh/2017/public-an…

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·28 Tem

@IanJohnBuckley @Megaconstellati @TMFAssociates @StHelenaGovt @Starlink @OneWeb @Google St Helena 's Telecommunications Ordinance reads like an artefact from the days of the East India Company. Basically one of the UK's remotest communities is held hostage by a monopoly as the island would need to buy them out if their monopoly is not extended.

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Megaconstellations 🌍📡🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️🛰️@Megaconstellati·28 Tem

🇸🇭 @StHelenaGovt warns public not to use @Starlink as it contravenes exclusivity of the island's telecoms monopolist, Sure South Atlantic, which in turn is building a @OneWeb gateway. Violations after 01-NOV-2023 may result in confiscation of equipment. sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/use-…

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·3 May

@larrypress @Megaconstellati @philBE2 @OneWeb No, still in limbo. The island government couldn't agree with the monopolist on an extension past 2023 & are now building their own publicly owned FTTH network but it's unclear who will light it up. It could still be Sure but the monopoly is likely to end. sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/upda…

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larry Press@larrypress·3 May

@Megaconstellati @philBE2 @OneWeb Switching the topic -- did St. Helena come to terms with the local ISP?

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philbe2@philBE2·30 Nis

30APR23 • Equiano cable • St Helena 🛰️ ground station 📡 📉 Despatch from our 🕵️ Man in 🇸🇭!…😉 @OneWeb inked a 10-year contract to build a 🛰️ ground station 📡 managed by #SureSouthAtlantic @OneWeb commits to take 10% of Equiano cable bandwidth 📃 independent.sh/wp-content/upl…

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philbe2@philBE2·18 Mar

🇸🇭Saints' bittersweet view of Equiano RFS : “@SEACOM are now using the fastest direct data transmission route between Africa and Europe…lucky @SEACOM users. In StHelena we pay £17,000 a quarter for NOT using our Equiano branch”…🙄 @StHelenaGovt 🔎p4: independent.sh/wp-content/upl…

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15MAR23 • Equiano cable goes live between 🇿🇦 and 🇵🇹 📈Breaking News ❗️ Despatch from Our Man in 🇿🇦Cape Town ❗️ @Seacom just activated their own 12 Tbps fiber pair ExpressRoute over Equiano cable, now live between 🇿🇦 Melkbosstrand and 🇵🇹 Sesimbra. 📃 seacom.com/equiano/?utm_s…

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philbe2@philBE2·15 Mar

15MAR23 • Equiano cable goes live between 🇿🇦 and 🇵🇹 📈Breaking News ❗️ Despatch from Our Man in 🇿🇦Cape Town ❗️ @Seacom just activated their own 12 Tbps fiber pair ExpressRoute over Equiano cable, now live between 🇿🇦 Melkbosstrand and 🇵🇹 Sesimbra. 📃 seacom.com/equiano/?utm_s…

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04NOV22 - 🇸🇨 Seychelles Cable Landing Station quiz Which one of two potential cables actually terminates in Seychelles Cable Landing Station recently illustrated hereunder : 2AFRICA or PEACE❓ All is revealed in next episode…😉 @AxiomSASparis 🖱️⤵️ linkedin.com/posts/axiom-fi…

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philbe2@philBE2·5 Eyl

05SEP22 • Equiano 🌍Europe-Africa - Towards Final Splice Following 🇿🇦Melkbosstrand landing, 🇫🇷🚢CS Ile de Sein slowly deployed ≈200km 🧭WSW section for 28d. Now, picking up speed 🧭NW closing the final gap to Southern trunk tail buoy. @ASN_comm @ConnectStHelena @OpenServeZA

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·17 Tem

@philBE2 @EllaLink_Cable @BELLA_Programme @GEANTnews @MoovMauritel Maybe the Brehat will come to pick up this cable load after she has completed the Equiano branch to Lagos (including its two enroute BUs which obviously take time).

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philbe2@philBE2·17 Tem

17JUL22 - @EllaLink_cable laying campaign - 🇲🇷branch❓ After likely transferring her cable load on 🇲🇷Nouadhibou quayside (11-16JUL22) pending a suitable CS 🚢, 🇩🇰🚢Karina Danica freighter is underway again towards 🇫🇷Calais, ETA 26JUL22. @BELLA_Programme @GEANTnews @MoovMauritel

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philbe2@philBE2·15 Kas

EllaLink cable 🌍Europe 🇵🇹🇨🇻- 🌎S.Am 🇧🇷🇬🇫 RFS Q2 2021 Length 9,200km Capacity 72Tbps (4xFP) Latency🇵🇹🇧🇷95ms RTD Owner ella.link Builder @ASN_comm 🚢 CS Ile de Brehat Landings 🇵🇹PT Sines+Funchal 🇨🇻CV Praia 🇧🇷BR Fortaleza+Praia Grande 🇬🇫GF Kourou

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24MAY22 • Equiano 🌍 Europe-Africa cable landing - 🇵🇹Sesimbra Breaking Despatch from our Girl in 🇵🇹Sesimbra ! 😉 🇫🇷🚢CS Ile de Sein just landed Equiano on Sesimbra BMH Actual Golden-buoy reached shore this morning 😎 @ConnectStHelena @ASN_comm @Google @altice_portugal

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·24 May

9 months after its first landfall in #StHelena Google's Equiano cable was landed in Europe today.

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Connect St Helena!@ConnectStHelena·19 May

.@helena_indy reports ¾ of @Google's Equiano submarine cable set to bring the broadband age to #StHelena has been completed. Currently 3 cable layers are deployed but @ASN_Comm's Île de Brehat has been idling for 2 weeks off Lagos. Commissioning expected in March 2023. @philBE2

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