undersea cables

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Starlink could help make Internet cable breaks irrelevant

    How Starlink could help make Internet cable breaks irrelevant The ability of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service to transmit data packets between its fleet of satellites makes it capable of circumventing undersea cable breaks. This feature could soon also be supported on other satellite...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. L

    Worlds Undersea Cables

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlAJJI-qG2k
  5. Kevin Lancaster

    Undersea cable systems in SA from 1879 to 2015

    Undersea cable systems in South Africa from 1879 to 2015 Most of your Internet traffic is carried via submarine cable systems from Europe and the United States – here are the cable systems which have served the country over the last 150 years.
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Google to operate trans-Pacific cable network

    Google to build undersea cable Search engine Google Inc and five Asian telecom and communications companies have agreed to invest about $300 million to develop and operate a trans-Pacific cable network
  7. jes

    New undersea data cable planned

    New undersea data cable planned Brazil’s state-run telecom company Telebras will begin laying a submarine cable for Internet transmissions between Europe
  8. 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
  9. G

    International Connection issues (ADSL through Mweb)

    Or is it just me?
  10. Jan

    SAT3/SAFE cable ship goes up in flames near Namibia

    SAT3/SAFE cable ship abandoned at sea No lives lost as a result of fire aboard France Telecom-Orange cable ship.
  11. jes

    The African Internet revolution

    The African Internet revolution Businesses across Africa are expecting a revolution in Internet access, technology and costs as a result of the rush of new undersea cables connecting the continent.
  12. R

    Undersea cable maps

    Maps of the undersea cable infrastructure: Greg's Cable Map Telegeography 2010 map African undersea cables http://www.cablemap.info/
  13. L

    Undersea cables face increasing risks

    Then I hear on 5fm tonight, that some scientist has shown that SA is overdue for a major earthquake. The plates shift constantly and in most cases it's just little quakes, as the tectonic plates slip and stick. When it sticks it builds up pressure and then slips suddenly. When this...
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