Undersea SEACOM cable links southern and east Africa to Singapore , Asia . It provides cheaper cable to satellite connections . 17,000 km , capable of 1.28 terabytes per second . South Africa has been hobbled by high costs and extremely slow bandwidth , effectively keeping the country on an information back road rather then the superhighway . SEACOM spokesman : This is designed to reduce the cost of doing business .
Undersea SEACOM cable links southern and east Africa to Singapore , Asia . It provides cheaper cable to satellite connections . 17,000 km , capable of 1.28 terabytes per second . SEACOM spokesman : This is designed to reduce the cost of doing business .