Landing Point · ZA South Africa
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Equiano | Active |
| SAFE | Active |
| SAT-3/WASC | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-02 through 2026-07-18 - live ICMP round-trip time via our monitoring probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #65190 | control probe | 290 | 164.8 ms |
| #7062 own probe | Cape Town ZA | 123 | 0.3 ms |
| #6410 own probe | Sao Paulo BR | 122 | 322.0 ms |
| #6427 own probe | Sydney AU | 122 | 395.9 ms |
| #33838 | control probe | 76 | 337.8 ms |
| #12441 | control probe | 32 | 356.0 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 15 | 243.0 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 15 | 271.6 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 15 | 224.0 ms |
| #64021 | control probe | 10 | 33.6 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 10 | 240.2 ms |
| #1000905 | control probe | 3 | 203.6 ms |
| #60569 | control probe | 1 | 332.4 ms |
| #65840 | control probe | 1 | 323.3 ms |
| #1015313 own probe | Sevastopol UA | 1 | 235.5 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 1 | 209.8 ms |
Melkbosstrand, South Africa is a submarine cable landing point in South Africa (coordinates -33.7272°, 18.4458°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in South Africa's international connectivity infrastructure.
Melkbosstrand is a coastal town located on the South West Coast of South Africa, 30 km north of Cape Town. It forms part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, the municipality governing Cape Town and its greater metropolitan area. Wikipedia
| Cable | RFS | Length | Owners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equiano | 2023 | 15,000 km | |
| SAFE | 2002 | 13,500 km | AT&T, Angola Telecom, BICS, … |
| SAT-3/WASC | 2002 | 14,350 km | AT&T, Altice Portugal, Angola Telecom, … |
Cables landing at Melkbosstrand, South Africa are operated by 36 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including AT&T, Altice Portugal, Angola Telecom, BICS, BT, Camtel, China Telecom, Chunghwa Telecom, Cogent, Cyta, and 26 others. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.
From Melkbosstrand, South Africa, international traffic can reach 18 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Angola, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, India and 10 more.
No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Melkbosstrand, South Africa in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.
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