Repairs to the EASSy cable are underway and traffic is expected to return soon.
Repairs on the Eastern Africa Submarine System cable are underway, and traffic is expected to return by the morning of Friday, 24 May 2024.
It also has a remotely operated vehicle that is used to detect, cut, recover, join, and test undersea fibre cables.on Tuesday, 14 May 2024. The incident knocked out all subsea capacity between East Africa and South Africa. Companies like Netblock and Cloudflare noticed that Internet connectivity in the region had taken a hit.
Headline Leon Thevenin West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) Internet
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