Cheaper Internet Bandwidth coming to South Africa
Cheaper Internet Bandwidth coming to South Africa
Last Updated on Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:08 Written by zygomin Wednesday, 22 April 2009 16:00
The availability and cost of International Internet access in South Africa is about to undergo huge changes.
This comes with the advent of new undersea cables that will soon be landing in South Africa! Indeed, this is great news for the South African consumer.
The confirmed new cables due to serve West, East and Southern Africa are:
* Seacome - east and southern Africa, 1.28Tbps, due end June 2009;
* GLO-1, west Africa, 640Gbps, ready for operations in 2009;
* TEAMS, east and southern Africa, 120Gbps, due September 2009;
* EASSy, east and southern Africa, 1Tbps, due June 2010;
* MainOne, west Africa, 1.92Tbps, due 2010; and
* WACS, west and southern Africa, 3.8Tbps, due 2011.
Thus Internet pricing will be dropping significantly in future - check out http://www.it-online.co.za/content/view/841290/142/ for more information.
In related news, there is a growing call from individuals and organisations throughout South Africa for A Comprehensive National Broadband Strategy. Get behind this call here!
Support
