The Africa Coast to Europe cable is likely the last major system to land in SA for a while, but help with redundancy and choice may bring costs down.

Sea cable operators Main One and Seacom said on Wednesday that they had interconnected their West and East African Cable Systems.

The arrival of the Western African Cable System (WACs) will accelerate competition in the local broadband market.

The Seacom cable has not resulted in a price war, and broadband remains out of reach to most South Africans.

Somali pirates have once again delayed Seacom’s cable installation plans, shifting the switch-on date to late July.

The threat of Somalian pirates resulted in a delay in the Seacom undersea cable’s switch-on date. The cable now has a launch date of July 8.

The quiet tourist area of Mtunzini, 140km north of Durban, boasts scenic beaches, great bird watching, and the most internet bandwidth in SA.