The Cost of Cheap Internet - Can Seacom Live Up to the Hype?

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Miles Donohoe

With all of the infrastructure development currently underway in South Africa one could be forgiven for thinking that the 2010 FIFA World Cup is the only transformation the country is undertaking.

While there has been comparatively far less fanfare surrounding its arrival, the launch of the Seacom cable in July heralds a seismic shift in South Africa's telecoms industry, with the promise of cheaper Internet access.

The Seacom cable, which snakes along the East African coast, will provide international fibre optic bandwidth that connects southern Africa to the rest of the world for the first time, and is set to be the first of a number of undersea cables launching over the next few years.

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