[cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia

[Joris Arts]

Hi Louis,

 

Not in Ethiopia, however my experience in other countries in Africa has
learned me that the availability of reliable connections is heaviliy
depending on the location: Capitals and economic centres have international
connections via landline or aggregted VSAT and are capable of running Voip
or even Video over IP. Prepare for high circuit costs though.

 

I am currently doing a video over IP project with VSAT connections into
Angola, Congo, Cameroon and Nigeria. Though the costs are high, the service
is possible at a fair quality, even if the latency is huge (over 400 ms).

If you move away from the main cities it will be an entirely different
story: then probably you need your private VSAT connection, which is a
costly affair, I don't think there will be network connections out of Addis
Abeba or any other main city in Ethiopia.

 

My 5 cents...

 

Best regards,

 

 

Joris Arts

Speechworks Consultancy

Looiersgracht 78

1016VT Amsterdam

+31 (0) 652529442

jarts at speechworks.nl

 

 

 

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Sent: 24 November 2008 18:59
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Subject: [cisco-voip] VOIP in Ethiopia

 

Has anyone had any experience with VOIP in Ethiopia?

 

 

Louis Koekemoer

Cisco IPT Systems Engineer

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