It’s not just you - huge internet outage hits South Africa as multiple undersea cables snap
A massive internet outage hit South Africa on Thursday, with internet users throughout the country reporting slow speeds or unresponsive pages.
By 15:00 the volume of outage reports on Downdetector for some platforms, including Microsoft, Vodacom and MTN, and WhatsApp had decreased from the highs experienced at around 13:30.Subsea cable company Seacom reported multiple cable breaks in the Red Sea late in February. The breaks allegedly happened after the anchor of a sunken ship in the region dragged through the cables.
"Customers using Azure Services in South Africa north and South Africa west may experience increased network latency or packet drops when accessing their resources, degradation and availability issues." We live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred
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