WHY YOU COULDN’T DOWNLOAD OVER THE WEEKEND

If you’re a Safaricom subscriber and were wondering why you could not stream your YouTube videos or download your favourite songs over the weekend, and Internet speeds were unbearable, well here’s why…

Safaricom announced that a cut had occurred on its critical TEAMS (The East African Marine Systems) undersea data cable over the weekend.

Maritime officials at the Kenyan coast had confirmed that a shipping vessel had severed the cable around midday on Saturday 25th Feb 2012, about 5 miles off the coastline when it dropped its anchor. Safaricom customers experienced low Internet speeds during the weekend, with other services such as blackberry services and international voice calls being affected.

The company however swiftly altered all Internet traffic to other routes, principally the other SEACOMS network, though they are concerned over the impact this will have on all data services in the region, as TEAMS is one of 3 focal connectivity points for the wider East African region.