No new sub-sea cable needed for a decade: Telkom

[rpm]

No new sub-sea cable needed for a decade: Telkom

Telkom says that the West Africa Cable System (WACS) meets its capacity requirements for at least the next decade. more

 

[IzZzy]

I'm sure Eskom said the same thing about their current power supply, 20 years ago.

 

[buyeye]

I'm sure Eskom said the same thing about their current power supply, 20 years ago.

You beat me to it. But unlike eskom telkom will just not upgrade any of our lines for the next 10 years.

They really suck because I was hoping to have a 1gbs line by then
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[eltherza]

Why does this article go to BusinessTech? Just feels like it splits the forum discussions/community on topcis... can't business tech forums point here instead? (or at least have it's own category)

 

[bekdik]

Telkom says that the West Africa Cable System (WACS) meets its capacity requirements for at least the next decade.

As Telkom is no longer a monopolistic supplier of undersea links, I would expect the other players to take away their business.