Undersea cables serving South Africa - January 2024

[Jan]

Undersea cables serving South Africa

Nine undersea cables link South Africa to other parts of Africa and different continents, and combined, they span approximately 143,570km.

For a long time, Telkom was the dominant player in South Africa regarding controlling fibre routes out of the country via the SAT-3 and SAFE undersea cables.

 

[grant_cpt]

But with CDN's now located within the borders of SA, what is the traffic split between local vs international looking like?

Perhaps @Jan someone can ask the big fibre guys (Afrihost, Cool Ideas etc) if they are willing to share?

 

[Grubscrew]

Read it as severed, was concerned that I might have to get a TV Lic to watch SABC now....

 

[km2]

Are any ISPs still using the SACS cable?

 

[DapperDanMan]

Read it as severed, was concerned that I might have to get a TV Lic to watch SABC now....

Wish granted! (Perhaps by the end of this week?)

Fears of Red Sea attack on internet cables - TechCentral

What the Houthi threat to submarine broadband cables in the Red Sea could mean for the internet in Africa and worldwide.

techcentral.co.za

 

[DapperDanMan]

Perhaps by the end of this week?

Well, at least they waited till the middle of the month instead!

Seacom has suffered a cable break in the Red Sea region

Seacom suffers cable break Seacom has announced that it has been experiencing a service outage on its subsea cable system in the Red Sea region since Saturday, 24 February 2024. The company says it has been unable to confirm the cause of the cable break and added that other cables in the area...

mybroadband.co.za