Short answer
FirstNet carries international traffic across seven or more undersea cable systems, including WACS, EASSy, SEACOM and 2Africa, with automatic rerouting when one is interrupted. It maintains multi-peer transit and peering at global hubs including LINX London, New York, Frankfurt and Singapore, with further international peering points such as Amsterdam, Marseille and São Paulo.
In detail: Undersea cables and international hubs used
The diversity matters because international performance depends on where traffic exits South Africa and how it is routed. If a cable is cut or a region is congested, traffic moves to alternate paths automatically. How this shows up across services:
- Business fibre: international contention is limited to a maximum of 1:4, and only during undersea cable failures.
- Dedicated Internet Access: dedicated 1:1 contention on international traffic, with peering in hubs including London, New York, Brazil, Germany, Marseilles and Singapore.
- Domestic subsea: FirstNet was the first client on 2Africa's Durban to Cape Town segment, which avoids terrestrial fibre cuts and vandalism.
- Local traffic: direct peering at NAPAfrica, JINX, CINX and DINX keeps South African traffic in the country.
Source: FirstNet National Footprint & Global Reach service page →