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Both the SAT-3 and WACS undersea cable were damaged Jan 16, 2020. The cable systems are deployed in the Atlantic Ocean and connect various African countries to Europe – including South Afric. According to reports, the issue with the SAT-3 is believed to have been located near Libreville, Gabon. WACs meanwhile is believed to have suffered two faults one of the coast of congo Congo and another near the UK. This affected more than a dozen countries besides South Africa. This left many South Africans with slow Internet connections to international websites. a. That leaves Africa Coast to Coast (ACE) and Equiano providing access to Europe and beyond and SAFE providing access via India and Malaysia and the South Africa Express (SAEx2) which will provide access via India and Malaysia in 2021.
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Cables going East to Europe
| EASSY RFS 2010 July | SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia RFS 2009 July |
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Cables going East to India and Malaysia are shown below.
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RFS = Ready For Service so the current backups to Europe and probably the US are ACE going West and possibly SAFE SAFECOM both going East.
Result as observed by PingER
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