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East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable

Posted by timothy on from the not-a-panacea-but-good-still dept.

Abel Mebratu writes with this excerpt from the BBC: "The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa has gone live. The fiber-optic cable, operated by African-owned firm Seacom, connects South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Mozambique to Europe and Asia. The firm says the cable will help to boost the prospects of the region's industry and commerce. The cable — which is 17,000km long — took two years to lay and cost more than $650m."

2 of 198 comments (clear)

  1. Interesting video by JazzXP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Interesting/Humorous Video from May about it:- http://www.from-the-couch.com/post.cfm/title/seacom-conference

  2. Re:The internet by Jurily · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here's one for ya.