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Together, Brazil and South Africa have 150 million internet users[1]. At least in Brazil (with which I'm familiar) the connectivity inside the country is quite
by princekolt 9y ago
Together, Brazil and South Africa have 150 million internet users[1]. At least in Brazil (with which I'm familiar) the connectivity inside the country is quite decent (read "usable"), but most international connections use slow and older networks. This project, together with the one connecting Brazil to Spain[2], will certainly be very beneficial to users in there.
[1]: http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/2016 http://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-D/idi/2016
[2]: https://www.reuters.com/article/spain-brazil-telecoms/spain-brazil-plan-subsea-fiber-optic-cable-by-2019-idUSL1N1HW1VO https://www.reuters.com/article/spain-brazil-telecoms/spain-...
- lolc 9y agoThe title is "First-ever fiber optic cable between U.S. and India via Brazil and South Africa". You explain the individual segments. I still don't see the appeal of the entire route.
- tmm 9y agoI think it’s that there are two fiber companies and one was working on New York to São Paulo and São Paulo to Cape Town. The other was working on East London, SA to Puducherry and they signed a joint provisioning agreement. It doesn’t read like they got together beforehand to discuss the best way to connect New York and Puducherry, rather they were both making connections to South Africa and chose to connect their new routes together afterwards. It’s an odd way for an African news agency to write about two major undersea cables landing in South Africa.
- cat199 9y agodepends on what perspective you are viewing it from.. this is great news for SA since they now have direct to USA & much more direct to asia.. (admittedly i'm not in the loop on what was there already)