West Africa Cable System
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West Africa Cable System
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The West Africa Cable System (WACS) is a submarine communications cable linking South Africa with the United Kingdom along the west coast of Africa that was constructed by Alcatel-Lucent. The cable consists of four fibre pairs and is 14,530 km in length, linking from Yzerfontein in the Western Cape of South Africa to London in the United Kingdom. It has 14 landing points, 12 along the western coast of Africa and 2 in Europe completed on land by a cable termination station in London. The total co
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Submarine communications cable linking Africa with the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa_Cable_System
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2024-04-23T15:29:57Z
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