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