There's a cut in SWM4 *SMW4 Segment 4.1 cable fault* Cable shunt fault developed on SMW4 segment 4.1 (Egypt / Alexandria – Branching Unit #4A onward France / Marseilles) at 07:15GMT on 14-Apr. 2010. However the shunt fault has further deteriorated and the cable segment was down at 10:03GMT. Only four unprotected Singapore – London / Frankfurt STM-4c IP trunks were being affected. SMW4 NOC updated that there is a shunt fault in segment 4.1 between Egypt / Alexandria and France / Marseilles with cable fault on Fiber Pair #2 at 1886.152 km from Alexandria towards Palermo. The traffic landed at Palermo onwards to Europe was being affected, while the traffic running between Alexandria and Marseilles via Fiber Pair #1 is still maintained. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:13 PM, St. Onge,Adam <ASTONGE@travelers.com>wrote:

Seeing a serious uptick in latency to India from North America and am hearing reports of an undersea cable cut in the Mediterranean? Has anyone else heard something similar?

Thanks, Adam

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