-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [Reposted with author's permission.] + Notice that there are more issues than what is reported in the popular press. + Notice that there are issues with more submarine systems (APCN), but they are not "news." As has been pointed out before, there are always issues with submarine systems. That is why we have so many repair ships in the global fleet: http://www.iscpc.org/information/Cableships_1.htm http://www.iscpc.org/information/Cableships_2.htm ==================================== http://www.flagtelecom.com/media/PDF_files/Submarine%20Cable%20Cut%20U pdate% 20Bulletin%20Release%20050208.pdf - -----Original Message----- From: menog-bounces@menog.net [mailto:menog-bounces@menog.net] On Behalf Of Sanghani, Bijal Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 1:26 AM To: menog@menog.net Subject: [menog] FLAG Cable Cut - Update Dear All, Thought I'd give you all an update on where we (FLAG) are with the cable cuts - FEA Segment D - The Cable ship CS Certamen is now expected to arrive at the Alexandria repair ground on Wednesday 6th February. A Permit for the repair is currently being expedited with the Egyptian authorities. FEA Segment M - The cable ship CS Asean Restorer has been booked for this repair. It is currently out on an APCN repair and with current plan will be ready to start any work on our cable on or after 11th Feb. We have the OTDR traces from Penang and see that the fault is around 28km out from the station. FALCON Segment 7b (Bandra Abbas - Al Seeb) - E-Marine continues to await the permit to enter the Iranian waters and current forecast for the ship to start a work is around 19th February. FALCON Segment 2 - Fault 1st February 41km from repeater, which is between the first two repeaters out of Dubai toward Muscat (Al Seeb). The ship has left Abu Dhabi and is on route to the repair ground. The repair is expected to start in the next 12 hours (weather permitting). FALCON Segment 7a - Fault 1st February between BND (Bandar Abbas, Iran) and KWI (Kuwait), we are waiting for ship to go out and it maybe fixed before going out the fault on 7b - to be confirmed. I hope this helps, Regards, Bijal Sanghani Sr. IP Technical Support Engineer Technical Services Group FLAG Telecom Tel. +442 082 821 564 www.flagtelecom.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBR6hEeb/UEA/xivvmEQL5YgCg9tX2lZmq937MhRd65qm0wk9EYPUAniED VAxSCsr92aysSkrs6dGspaVm =45sb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----