Another Seacom outage hits SA internet connectivity

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Seacom - which operates an undersea broadband cable that connects from South Africa to Europe and Asia - said in an update on its website on Thursday morning that it "is experiencing multiple outages on the terrestrial network across Egypt".

"All our international connectivity through Egypt has been affected since 06.00GMT (08.00 South African time) on 28 January 2016," said the company.

"Repair teams are on site. Seacom continues to monitor the situation closely and will provide necessary updates," said the company.

This is the second outage for Seacom in a week. On 21 January, Seacom experienced a fibre cut on one of its terrestrial fibre networks in Egypt which briefly led to internet connectivity in South Africa being affected.

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