2010 was a revolutionary year for the South African internet user. Having kicked off with the recent launch of the Seacom cable, the introduction of cheap uncapped ADSL offerings, followed by Telkom rolling out line speed upgrades across the country, South African broadband is on track – but we still have a long way to go and a lot to look forward to. [...] Read more…

Q: What are we planning regarding self-provisioning? Hereby I mean how much traffic will we carry and how much IPC capacity did we buy?
Matt: We will carry well over 500mps of IPC traffic. We will manage the IP network and purchase and peer with carriers and content providers as necessary.

Q: What bandwidth will we use?
Matt: We will most likely use Seacom and in the future WACS indirectly through carriers or partners. For international bandwidth we’ll initially use Sat3, backed by Telkom Wholesale in order to secure dependability and performance at good pricing. [...] Read more…

South Africa eagerly awaits as the launch date for SEACOM grows near.

The 15,000km undersea fibre-optic cable system that costs over R5-billion and runs from France via East Africa to Mtunzini on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, will be launched in South Africa in the next 10 days. Read more…