Internet users across more than a dozen sub-Saharan African nations experienced slow service after two undersea cables to the continent’s western coast were damaged this week.
The so-called WACS and SAT3/WASC cable systems are in the Atlantic Ocean and connect South Africa and many other African countries to Europe, according to Openserve, a unit of South Africa’s biggest fixed-line telecommunications provider, Telkom SA SOC Ltd. One break is near Libreville in Gabon and the other is in the vicinity of Angola’s capital, Luanda, Openserve said in an emailed statement.
At least 12 countries besides South Africa and Nigeria were affected to at least some degree. The cause isn’t yet known but Bloomberg.com gathers that a ship has been sent from Cape Town to repair the cables, so a stronger internet service should be expected any moment.
Oh OK.....mine was not though
ReplyDeleteYay! They should stop using end time cables.
DeleteSo this explains why my mtn internet service has been slow and somehow frustrating.
ReplyDeleteI got an SMS from mtn saying thank you for being patient with them
Figures....
ReplyDeleteHas internet facility in Naija ever been good?
ReplyDeleteAfter apologizing for the bad network service, they didn't even bother to compensate their customers with data despite how they drain it from us.
ReplyDeleteThey did. MTN gave me 500mb for the inconveniences
DeleteYeah
ReplyDeleteCos I couldn't understand why it seemed to be that most African countries was experiencing the slow network,
My friends complained about their service providers as well.
Thanks Stella for bringing this on here.
Oh! Now I understand. Mtn network has been terrible. It's better today though.
ReplyDeleteThis explains why Mtn has been so slow.
ReplyDeleteIt's cause you don't have data and you're using free mode
ReplyDeleteSo much for their trusty satellites in 'space', everything is actually ground based
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