Cap'n Bubba the marine backhoe driver - SEA-ME-WE 3 and 4, FLAG cut
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on location on Monday morning for a relief mission. Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on the Sea Me We3. By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the situation should be back to normal.
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Yep. I wonder if anyone learned from the last event: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/middle-east-undersea-cable-cuts-strike-ag... On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on location on Monday morning for a relief mission. Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on the Sea Me We3. By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the situation should be back to normal.
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I would consider myself a very skilled precision underwater backhoe operator. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian < ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
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Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on location on Monday morning for a relief mission. Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on the Sea Me We3. By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the situation should be back to normal.
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-- Josh Potter
I just posted an article about this on the Internet Storm Center, I have reports pouring in there as well. Joel (http://isc.sans.org) On Dec 19, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian allegedly wrote:
If you can't read this email, please go to :http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on location on Monday morning for a relief mission. Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on the Sea Me We3. By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the situation should be back to normal.
-- Joel Esler http://www.joelesler.net [m]
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
And it looks like they are going back to square one on SMW4. AMMAN - Internet users in the Kingdom and elsewhere in the region are expected to continue experiencing slower services as repair teams continue their attempts to fix cut cables in the Mediterranean. Raslan Diranieh, chief financial officer of the Jordan Telecom Group (JTG), said that a few hours after SMW-4 Internet cable which links the Kingdom to the International Internet Network was fixed, it experienced another cut on Saturday. http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=13079
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
And it looks like they are going back to square one on SMW4.
AMMAN - Internet users in the Kingdom and elsewhere in the region are expected to continue experiencing slower services as repair teams continue their attempts to fix cut cables in the Mediterranean.
Raslan Diranieh, chief financial officer of the Jordan Telecom Group (JTG), said that a few hours after SMW-4 Internet cable which links the Kingdom to the International Internet Network was fixed, it experienced another cut on Saturday.
I wonder how many km apart smw4 & smw3 are of eachother as my understanding is they follow same path. My understanding is repairing is extremely tedious process by which robot has to scour the seabed and dig out the broken cable and solder individual fiber and check for connectivity not that this is an excuse for another cut. regards, /virendra
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The repair is done out of the water. They cut the damage out and bring and end onto the ship and, using a common joint that all the vendors use so that any available lay/repair ship in the maintenance consortium can be dispatched for repair, they fusion splice the new section and coat in LDPE and re lay. They do the same with the other end. IIRC, They have to cut the damage out at different ends in most cases because the cable would be difficult to lift due to weight. Rod Beck could probably add some detail here. I recall the last release said it was a seismic event that caused the initial multi cable break. I haven't looked at the charts, but I'd think they were probably close, like a lot of East Coast to London cable runs are. (Exception: Hibernia Atlantic). Best, -M< On 12/27/08, virendra rode <virendra.rode@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
And it looks like they are going back to square one on SMW4.
AMMAN - Internet users in the Kingdom and elsewhere in the region are expected to continue experiencing slower services as repair teams continue their attempts to fix cut cables in the Mediterranean.
Raslan Diranieh, chief financial officer of the Jordan Telecom Group (JTG), said that a few hours after SMW-4 Internet cable which links the Kingdom to the International Internet Network was fixed, it experienced another cut on Saturday.
I wonder how many km apart smw4 & smw3 are of eachother as my understanding is they follow same path.
My understanding is repairing is extremely tedious process by which robot has to scour the seabed and dig out the broken cable and solder individual fiber and check for connectivity not that this is an excuse for another cut.
regards, /virendra
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-- Martin Hannigan martin@theicelandguy.com p: +16178216079
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com> wrote:
The repair is done out of the water. They cut the damage out and bring
there was a nice flash video thingy presented in Toronto during Sylvie LaPerrière's preso: <http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog39/presentations/laperriere.pdf> I believe the flash thing is: <http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/submarine/products/marine/index.htm;jsessionid=IEJIVJOKNSXPZLAWFRUE1CVMCYWGI3GC#> (top search result for 'undersea cable repair flash' on your favorite search engine) -chris
On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com
wrote:
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com> wrote:
The repair is done out of the water. They cut the damage out and bring
there was a nice flash video thingy presented in Toronto during Sylvie LaPerrière's preso:
<http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog39/presentations/laperriere.pdf>
I believe the flash thing is:
< http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/submarine/products/marine/index.htm;jsessioni...
(top search result for 'undersea cable repair flash' on your favorite search engine)
I think that these are much more interesting and informative myself: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Hibernia+Atlantic&search_type=&aq=f This one specifically address cable joins. Sort of looks like Tyco's lab in New Jersey, but I think it's a Global Marine shipboard lab. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E7CfQXhcY0 They don't show the LDPE application post splice, but it's kind of uninteresting. This stuff is a whole lot simpler than most people think. -M< -- Martin Hannigan martin@theicelandguy.com p: +16178216079
Apology in advance for the additional followup; The other 'exception' to add to my previous post is Hibernia terrestrial+marine via Halifax to Greenland Conect interconnected with either Danice or Farice via Iceland. Hibernia Ireland+London would be lower latency for US route, with the second potential Hibernia route being second lowest alternate. Best, -M< On 12/27/08, virendra rode <virendra.rode@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
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From: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> To: France Telecom / Press <infos.group@orange-ftgroup.com> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" X-Virus-Status: No
If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html Paris, December 19, 2008 Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and Asia/Near East zone
3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart
France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.
Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through the USA. Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or lesser extent (see country list below). Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% towards Jordan. A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service - Djibouti: 71% out of service - Egypt: 52% out of service - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service - India: 82% out of service - Lebanon: 16% out of service - Malaysia: 42% out of service - Maldives: 100% out of service - Pakistan: 51% out of service - Qatar: 73% out of service - Syria: 36% out of service - Taiwan: 39% out of service - Yemen: 38% out of service - Zambia: 62% out of service
And it looks like they are going back to square one on SMW4.
AMMAN - Internet users in the Kingdom and elsewhere in the region are expected to continue experiencing slower services as repair teams continue their attempts to fix cut cables in the Mediterranean.
Raslan Diranieh, chief financial officer of the Jordan Telecom Group (JTG), said that a few hours after SMW-4 Internet cable which links the Kingdom to the International Internet Network was fixed, it experienced another cut on Saturday.
I wonder how many km apart smw4 & smw3 are of eachother as my understanding is they follow same path.
My understanding is repairing is extremely tedious process by which robot has to scour the seabed and dig out the broken cable and solder individual fiber and check for connectivity not that this is an excuse for another cut.
regards, /virendra
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