Internet connectivity was severely disrupted on 21st January across the African continent but i-SURF Customers didn’t even notice it.
According to a statement, released by South African internet service provider MWEB, it was revealed that the continent had suffered a total loss of international bandwidth.
According to the statement, this was caused by failures on both the SEACOM and WACS undersea cables, which run along the east and west coasts of Africa respectively.
In the statement MWEB said that the likelihood of a failure on both cables at the same time was extremely low, but unfortunately it happened, and most service providers were affected as a result.
That is most service providers apart from i-SURF who experienced absolutely no disruption since it relies on ultra reliable High Speed KA Band satellite technology to deliver Internet access to even the remotest parts of Africa.