Editing SAT-3/WASC (section)

==Bandwidth costs==
Prices for SAT-3 bandwidth in the African countries it serves are high ([[United States dollar|US$]]4,500–12,000 per Mbit/s per month, over 50 times greater than bandwidth prices in the U.S.)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Osiakwan |first1=Eric |date=2008 |title=The Case for "Open Access" Communications Infrastructure in Africa: The SAT-3/WASC cable, Ghana Case study |publisher=Association for Progressive Communications |url=https://www.apc.org/en/system/files/APC_SAT3Ghana_20080516.pdf |url-status=dead |accessdate=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619194730/https://www.apc.org/en/system/files/APC_SAT3Ghana_20080516.pdf |archive-date=June 19, 2017}}</ref> in large part because operators have monopoly control of access.<ref name=":0" /> The lowest rates occur in [[Ghana]], where the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA) organized a two-year negotiation through a court fight against Ghana Telecom.<ref name=":0" /> [[SEACOM (African cable system)|SEACOM]] president Brian Herlihy states that the owners of the SAT-3 cable have cut prices by 50% since the 2007 announcement of Seacom, in order to compete with the arrival of Seacom in [[East Africa]].<ref>van der Merwe, Christy (July 19, 2009). [http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/seacom-to-boost-capacity-lower-prices-but-not-overnight-2009-07-17 Seacom to boost capacity, but prices won't drop overnight]. Engineering News.</ref>