trent wroteDo we know it for a fact that Ogero / Ministry of telecom is providing ISPs with as much E1s as they are asking for? This has always been a point of contention between the two parties. I believe around 2011 Ogero didn't provide a single E1 to private ISPs for a period of 2 years.
Things don't seem to be too rosy this time around either if a news article posted here in a another thread is to believed, where Abdel-Minam Youssef from Ogero said that private ISPs don't need more E1s to provide the current upgrades, when asked about the issue. A point contested by private ISPs an by plain old common sense!
If private ISP's quality of service starts deteriorating as the upgrades start rolling, we might be heading in the wrong direction regarding the E1 issue.
Satellite downlinks are neither cheaper nor offer better QOS, but when private ISPs have no other option they are essentially forced to use them.
There thing is, two years ago the minister and Youssef were not really big fans of each other. Youssef made everything hard for everyone back then.
The minister and Youssef now are from the same political side (it all comes down to politics after all), I thought this will make everything easier. But it seems Youssef is an A$$ no matter who the minister is.