Friday, September 4, 2009

New Cables Mean 72% Drop in Long Haul Bandwidth to Africa


What will 12 new undersea cables to Africa mean? Broadband prices on the long-haul networks will drop as much as 72 percent over the next three years, says Pyramid Research. But demand for capacity will grow at 28 percent through 2013 as well.

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The cables will increase Africa’s total international bandwidth from about 6 Tbps to as much as 34 Tbps and will reduce the number of coastal countries without any cable access from 19 to one.

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