sat-3

  1. Jan

    Don't shout at your ISP or Disney+ too much over WACS cable break problems

    Slow Internet in South Africa — Who to blame Although it seems logical to blame Internet service providers and platform operators like Disney+ for badly performing online services in South Africa, they aren’t the main culprits for the country’s current connectivity problems. Internet users in...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • 2africa cloudflare disney+ equiano sat-3 telkom west africa cable system (wacs)
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    A brief history of Africa's 30-year communications revolution

    Africa's three decades-long communications revolution and South Africa's contribution to making it happen — an outsider's view Mobile operations started in Sub-Saharan Africa before South Africa licensed three new operators but the level of investment interest in communications was very low...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • eastern africa submarine cable system (eassy) mtn russel southwood sat-3 seacom telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. P

    Cool Ideas Fibre ISP - Feedback

    @PBCool Very glad to see you have joined us at Mybroadband, I just wanted to state that I have been using your service for approximately a week now and it has been fairly solid. I know in a previous posting you have stated that you guys don't throttle or shape your connections. I have...
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Upgrade to 920Gbps for SAT-3 cable

    Upgrade to 920Gbps for SAT-3 cable The SAT-3/WASC submarine cable has more than doubled its capacity after the completion of its fourth upgrade
  6. jes

    Internet Solutions lights up WACS bandwidth

    Internet Solutions lights up WACS bandwidth New capacity on the West Africa Cable System has been lit, Internet Solutions announced
    • jes
    • Thread
    • internet solutions (is) sat-3 sean nourse west africa cable system (wacs)
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  7. jes

    Seacom Durban-Cape Town link detailed

    Seacom Durban-Cape Town link detailed Seacom plans to launch an undersea cable linking it to undersea cables that land near Cape Town during 2014
  8. jes

    Telkom international connectivity problems ongoing

    Telkom international connectivity problems ongoing Internet service providers and consumers alike continue to report international connectivity problems on the Telkom network
    • jes
    • Thread
    • mweb saix sat-3 south african internet exchange telkom wacs
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. jes

    SAT-3 maintenance this weekend: latency warning

    SAT-3 maintenance this weekend: latency warning Telkom is confident that planned maintenance on SAT–3 won’t result in downtime, but cautioned of possible increased latency
  10. QuintonB

    SAT-3 maintenance planned for this weekend (14 October 2012)

    Maintenance on SAT-3 this weekend Telkom said that it will perform planned maintenance on its SAT3 undersea cable network, and that users may experience degraded international connectivity
  11. jes

    Enough international bandwidth for now, reckons Telkom CEO

    Enough international bandwidth for now, reckons Telkom CEO Telkom CEO Nombulelo Moholi says that Telkom has no immediate plans to increase its investment in submarine cables
  12. jes

    ADSL international connectivity problems (29 June 2012)

    ADSL international connectivity problems (29 June 2012) Afrihost and WebAfrica reporting upstream network issues
  13. jes

    SAT-3 sub-sea cable upgrade under consideration

    SAT-3 sub-sea cable upgrade under consideration The SAT–3 consortium is looking at upgrading the capacity on its cable
  14. jes

    SA-Brazil undersea-cable plans on track says eFive CEO

    SA-Brazil undersea-cable plans on track says eFive CEO eFive Telecoms CEO Rosalind Thomas promises to connect South Africa and Brazil within two years
    • jes
    • Thread
    • eassy efive telecoms rosalind thomas sat-3 seacom suveer ramdhani wacs
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. jes

    There is no SAT3 failure says Telkom

    There is no SAT3 failure says Telkom According to Telkom, none of its Internet customers are impacted by the failure on a cable between Portugal and the UK
  16. jes

    SAT-3 repairs are taking longer than expected

    SAT-3 repairs are taking longer than expected MWeb updates customers on SAT-3 problems
  17. jes

    MWEB secures SAT-3 bandwidth: details

    MWEB secures SAT-3 bandwidth: details MWEB recently announced that it is landing SAT-3 cable capacity to bring more redundancy to its services. Here are the details.
  18. jes

    MWEB secures SAT-3 cable capacity

    MWEB secures SAT-3 cable capacity MWEB to light up Sat-3 capacity bringing more resilience to its customers
  19. B

    Seacom problems - any news?

    A couple of months ago I read that Seacom were investigating the cause of the repeater failure that caused their latest outage. I also saw that they were hoping to secure connectivity through the Red Sea and across Egypt "by September". Does anyone have an update on * the cause of the...
  20. rpm

    TENET released RFP for on-demand international bandwidth

    TENET wants on-demand international bandwidth TENET today released an RFP for the purchase of disaster recovery international bandwidth in case their SEACOM link goes down
  21. rpm

    Bandwidth from one cable can be risky

    Bandwidth from one cable can be risky Reliance on one cable for bandwidth is a risky business and can cause major disruptions and customer dissatisfaction, as was recently experienced with the disruption of the Seacom sub-marine cable.
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