The undersea cable break originally restricted to WACS and SAT-3 seems to be farther reaching, with two more underwater cables also damaged.
As we await repairs to WACS and SAT-3, many firms, including Liquid Dataport have migrated traffic to the Equiano cable.
The firm’s core network enhancements from last year have paid off, following the weekend’s breakage.
The WACS cable breakage was the first of its kind hence it’s taken so long to repair this time around.
South Africans praying for relief from two cable breaks last week will need to wait a bit longer for the repair.
Openserve has said that following discussions with undersea cable consortiums, it is in the process of activating additional international connectivity capacity.
The Leon Thevenin which is carrying repair equipment is expected to leave Cape Town later today but will take approximately six days to reach the
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