[Grassroots-l] Slashdot: East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable

[Kevin Cole]

Just an FYI if you hadn't heard:

URL: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/23/2130218/East-Africa-Gets-High-Speed-Internet-Access-Via-Undersea-Cable

Technology: East Africa Gets High-Speed Internet Access Via Undersea Cable
Posted by timothy on Friday July 24, @01:53AM
from the not-a-panacea-but-good-still dept.

Abel Mebratu writes with this excerpt from the BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8165077.stm):

"The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East
Africa has gone live. The fiber-optic cable, operated by African-owned
firm Seacom, connects South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and
Mozambique to Europe and Asia. The firm says the cable will help to
boost the prospects of the region's industry and commerce. The cable
-- which is 17,000km long -- took two years to lay and cost more than
$650m."

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