This document discusses broadband connectivity in Cape Town, South Africa. It outlines the importance of broadband, what broadband connectivity entails, the costs to connect users in Cape Town, and how Cape Town is connected to the world, Africa, other parts of South Africa, and within itself. The implications for business in Cape Town are also addressed, including opportunities that connectivity provides as well as threats from low-cost competitors.
8. Connecting Cape
Town to the world
• Many cables planned
• Both East and West
coast
• Land locked countries?
• Operating models are
key
9. Connecting to Africa is slow
The “African” issue
• North African reasonable
• Central Africa terrible
• High latency = satellites
• High latency reduces your
options (especially voice
services)
10. Connecting Cape
Town to Africa
• Many terrestrial cables
planned
• Mostly East coast
• Last mile still a problem
Traffic routing, even from SA, shows mostly via Europe and North America. Generally out on SAT-3 and back in again via SAT-3 or satellite
New cables bring promise of massive bandwidth into Africa. But still going to need intra country links for the land locked countries.Cape Town only seeing two new cable systems after 2011
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