Bad News For South African Internet Users After Undersea Cable
A rock fall in the Congo Canyon on Sunday caused damage to our South Atlantic 3 (SAT–3) undersea cables, and since Monday, several reports of dodgy connections have come in.
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On August 6, 2023, two undersea cables were severed simultaneously, resulting in internet disturbances in South Africa. Fibre providers are under siege, and South Africa's hopes for widespread, affordable internet are being trampled by guns, greed, and gangster-style tactics. Workers haul part of a fibre optic cable onto the shore at the Kenyan port town of Mombasa. — The New York Times One morning last March, tens of millions of people in West Africa woke up to find they had no more Internet.
What s the story behind the South African fiber optic cable explosion
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