submarine cables

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta's 2Africa cable has a big problem in Iran

    Meta's 2Africa cable has a big problem in Iran Meta Platforms has paused part of a massive effort to expand Internet service across Africa as the war in the Middle East freezes activity in the region. The disruption comes less than six months after Meta acknowledged that another section of...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    WIOCC route leak causes Internet disruption in SA

    WIOCC route leak causes Internet disruption in SA A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route leak on the network of a major undersea cable firm connecting South Africa to the rest of the world was behind a recent local Internet outage. Outage tracking website Downdetector showed a surge in reports...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • border gateway protocol (bgp) downdetector internet submarine cables undersea cables west indian ocean cable company (wiocc)
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cyril Ramaphosa's role in breaking Telkom's monopoly

    Cyril Ramaphosa's role in breaking Telkom's monopoly Before returning to politics, Cyril Ramaphosa was part of a group of investors who helped Seacom defeat government attempts to block the launch of its undersea cable in South Africa. Seacom’s arrival broke Telkom’s monopoly in international...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Red Sea problems delay multiple submarine cable rollouts

    Red Sea problems delay multiple submarine cable rollouts Multiple subsea Internet cables slated to run through the Red Sea are yet to be completed as planned, as political tensions and heightened security threats have made the route more dangerous and complicated for commercial vessels. Meta...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Seacom cable system coming

    New Seacom cable system coming Seacom has announced the launch of SEACOM 2.0, a submarine cable system it says is poised to redefine connectivity across the Indian Ocean Basin, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Southern Europe. In 2009, Seacom’s first privately owned subsea cable connected...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google rolling out four new infrastructure hubs in Africa

    Google rolling out four new infrastructure hubs in Africa Alphabet Inc.’s Google is planning four new infrastructure hubs in Africa to connect its latest underwater fibre-optic cables for the continent, the company’s Africa managing director Alex Okosi said in an interview with Bloomberg TV...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Seacom hammered by cable repair costs

    Seacom hammered by cable repair costs Telecoms company Seacom had a tough second half of 2024 due to the financial impact of a major undersea cable repair, according to Remgro's latest interim financial results. Remgro owns 30% of Seacom, which offers fibre-optic pairs from Mtunzini in...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    ISPs bypassing cable breaks — but expect slower speeds until repairs

    ISPs bypassing cable breaks — but expect slower speeds until repairs Internet service providers serving Africa have been forced to send their traffic via elaborate detours following damage to four major subsea cables off the continent’s west coast last week. Some telecommunications companies...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Orange gets new ship to help fix undersea cable breaks

    Orange gets new ship to help fix undersea cable breaks French telephone carrier Orange SA christened a new €50 million (R1.01 billion) vessel, the Sophie Germain, strengthening the company’s out-sized role in the business of fixing undersea Internet cables when they break. The 100-metre-long...
  11. hafniumpentoxide

    How many submarine cables link our Republic to the world?

    What a surprize when I was reminded of my ignorance (once again) by my brother in his familiar condescending tone to us mere mortals! I also had the honour of being told that all nine of these cables are fibre optic, which I suspected, but now know. Most have more than one landing point on our...
  12. rpm

    SEACOM, EASSy, Main One, WACS: International bandwidth boom in South Africa

    International bandwidth boom: SEACOM, EASSy, Main One, WACS Main One and SEACOM team up to bring more international bandwidth to South Africa
    • rpm
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    • eassy main one sat-3/safe seacom submarine cables wacs
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. T

    Map of new cables being worked on.

    I know this isn't the place to post this, but I know that most of the people looking at Vodacom threads don't look at other broadband threads. Anyway I want my fellow Vodacom supporters to see this. It looks promising to say the least!
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