Google has just launched giant balloons to bring internet to Africa

The balloons can stay in the air for months.

How to tell how fast your internet speed is using a free and accurate speed test

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SA’s critical internet cables are now fixed – so if your connection is still slow, that ain’t it

It ends a long and complex restoration process that took almost 34 days to fix.

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Slow internet: Repair ship reaches first of broken cables off the coast of Angola

After 6 days at sea, the cable repair ship Leon Thevenin reached its first target last...

The cable repair ship Leon Thevenin has left Cape Town and is en route to fix SA's slow internet

After a brief delay, the Leon Thevenin left Cape Town harbour at 9pm last night.

Here’s what you need to know about the Leon Thevenin – the cable repair ship tasked with fixing SA’s slow internet

The vessel has been ploughing through rough oceans for over 29 years.

SA internet update: Repair ship departure pushed to Wednesday evening, says Openserve

We now know the repair ship is commissioned to fix both undersea cables that broke.