Author: Fixed Mobile Telecom

It Is “Business As Usual” For Fixed Mobile Customers, Despite Two Major Undersea Cable Failures

By

If you’ve been experiencing sluggish speeds or breaks in connectivity over the past week, that’s probably because your ISP relies on either the West Africa Cable System (WACS) or South Atlantic 3 (SAT–3) for international traffic. Considering that networks can easily be designed with multiple redundancies in place, and that there are now eight undersea cables connecting South Africa to the rest of the world, there is no excuse for the disruption local customers have been experiencing, says Eduard du Plessis, CEO and Founder of Fixed Mobile Telecom (FMT) It’s been a tough week for South Africa’s ISPs. With two…

Read More