No Cheaper Broadband for SA Now

South African consumers and businesses should not expect broadband prices to fall dramatically overnight when the Seacom cable goes live in a few weeks from now. This is according to Steve Briggs, Head of Commercial at iBurst.

Briggs says that the 1.28 Tbps East African undersea fibre-optic cable system promises some relief from high international bandwidth prices over the medium-to-long term.

However, consumers will need to wait for more submarine cables like the West Africa Cable System (WACS) and the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSY) to go live before prices start to tumble dramatically.

To read the article titled, “No fast price cuts with Seacom,” click here.