Is this a random post just for the fun of it?
What new cable?
Hu hu hu hu hu hu?
Oh .. you mean seacom.
The answer is ... NO!
They'll switch back to their old excuse that buying international throughput costs a fortune and the rand/dollar is not favorable and then when we prove them wrong there, theyt'll say that the local infrastructure is expensive to operate and was built recently so they have to pay off the debt in 4 months and then when 4 months passes they'll say that they had to purchase new technology because of snails on the highway and ...
The only thing that will bring prices down is REAL competition. Not 5 giant companies used to their billion rand a month profits.
We need grassroots companies that have low operating costs to slap the big buggers HARD!
e.g. One company in Kempton Park could be allowed to put up a satellite system, instead of being held back by freaking legislation.