, confirmed in response to a query from TechCentral that both cables are affected and it is “collaborating with the consortium partners to facilitate the restoration of the cables”.
Broken subsea cables are repaired by specialised ships, one or more of which will have to be commissioned Until recently, a break in two submarine cables would have meant the global internet being barely accessible by South African users. However, new, high-capacity cables have been built in recent years, providing much more bandwidth along diverse routes, meaning that when there is an outage, the impact is no longer as serious.
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