Fiji Islands

Wed Aug 1 01:05:17 UTC 2012

VSAT *isn't* a waste of time if you're willing to spend the money.

But that, of course, is the key point.  Quality VSAT service costs a
LOT of money (3k-5k per asymetrical megabit).  Plus, a quality
provider will have no problem providing you with BGP.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Zaid Ali <zaid at zaidali.com> wrote:
> Fintel and TFL sleep in the same bed essentially. Fintel is the gatekeeper of the southern cross cable protected heavily by the local government, your typical monopoly setup. Connect is a business unit of TFL. I think you can do the math there.
>
> Fintel does not do BGP out of the country (or didn't the last time I was there). Forget VSAT, waste of time.
>
> Zaid
>
> On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Mike Hale wrote:
>
>> It looks like Fintel and TFL are both providers for Southern Cross
>> cable.  That would be your best bet if they can get lines out to you.
>>
>> Otherwise, there's always VSAT, but that brings a set of other issues with it.
>>
>> Ping me offlist if you want more detail on the VSAT stuff.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Franck Martin <fmartin at linkedin.com> wrote:
>>> In no particular order
>>>
>>> Connect.com.fj aka tfl.com.fj
>>> Fintel.com.fj
>>> Vodafone.com.fj (via a 3G stick)
>>> Digicel.com.fj (via a 2G stick, but also via a wireless backbone network)
>>>
>>> If you want to do BGP or IPv6, good luck!
>>>
>>> Is that for Fiji Water? ;)
>>>
>>> These people have very good operational Internet experience in Fiji.
>>>
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyverma
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alfred-prasad/0/409/14a
>>> http://au.linkedin.com/in/skeeve
>>>
>>> On 7/31/12 1:14 PM, "Philip Lavine" <source_route at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Who offeres Internet Bandwidth in Fiji Islands (Lautoka and Yaqara)?
>>>
>>>
>>
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