Re: [ANN] MOYA Networks - Bringing Data to Africa at the Speed of Light

I am just curious about, Does the cable are safe for Shark's bite or fish's bite?

i think Moya networks are aware of the under the ocean cons, this is a big project , pretty sure they will use high quality materials that can withstand possible problems that may arise deep down the ocean, shark bite being one of them.

Hi. We had to check for the answer to your question. According to the experts "Biologic Incidents" -Sharks biting the cable are very rare. Most Submarine cable cuts come from fishing trawlers dragging their gear and anchors.

The cables are heavily armored to resist underwater earth quakes, and dragging anchors. However, in the event of damage their are arrangements for repair by repair companies. These repair companies have repair ships on 24/7 stand by to repair breaks in the cable.

hi! I know that Moya networks will be designed for a faster internet connection but, with the volume of users/consumers in the continent will it still be sufficient to supply a good speed to everyone there? like in my place right now, even the fastest internet provider we have here, as time goes by as subscribers volume get bigger and bigger, it came to a point wherein the speed we have right now is not as fast as it was before.

In my honest opinion this is possible. Judging by how the moya team are pretty hands on with their job. Because you see, a network slowing down can have a lot of things included as to why it is happening. One reason can be poor maintenance, in my experience, cables that are not well maintained, checked and cleaned can really have bad effects to the network. Another can be because of hackers getting free connections from your network(really have tonwatch out for that). And lastly, human error. By this i mean poor maintenance of your own units and own cables within your property. This is your obligation as a user.

But, if the problem isn't really on what i have stated, then i think moya has already thought of this many times and have already deviced a plan to know what to do if a the said problem arises.

I think they will be providing services area by area, one by one.

For example for a certain area their server's capacity can accommodate 100 people, they will only allow 100 people to connect to their ports.

So that there will be no server traffic. but in the long run moya can add more servers to the area, Sure of this

I understand what you mean but in my place, i am subscribed to a leading internet provider right now with a very good price but because of these advantAges more and more subscriber are shifting to this company and its been noticed that there are places specially the more crowded area wherein everybody is using internet in peak hours then the speed becomes so slow compared to how it was when it was new.

Point taken.

I think moya can control that, they have international standards. Like what I said, If you have a capacity of only 100 and you don't over crowd it, I think that even if all the users use the connection at the same time It won't matter Cheesy

I think the problem stated on this conversation is only applicable to countries where in data for internet providers are totally monopolized, meaning they can control the price and the bandwidth provided to the market. I think Moya is way different to those kinds of providers.

I think all data providers can really do what they want with the connections they provide. It is only a matter of being fair to your customers. Have experienced my service provider decreasing my connection speeds and returned it to normal after making a complaint. But my girlfriend who used the same service still has the slow connection since she was afraid to complain about their internet connection. I might do it for her anywhere within this week.

Judging by how moya is making an approach, i think moya networks Will really be fair to their customers since they know first-hand how slow connections make people's lives and jobs even harder. If i were a resident in Africa, moya will be my hest choice.

Yes, Moya will be fair judging on how they answer the questions in this thread they will have great customer support