Undersea Cable CUT

whatcanthisbe · 19th December 2008, 19:09

Internet service providers (ISPs) are currently observing failure in the undersea cable system (FEA) between Alxendria (Egypt) and Palermo (Italy). Cable systems SMW3, SMW4 towards Atlantic are out of service, As per the information received from service providers outage is suspected due to cable cuts or shunt faults.

Currently there is no estimate to repair (ETR) provided by the service providers

vikram_d · 19th December 2008, 19:57

Any idea what ISP's will be affected?

jkdas · 19th December 2008, 20:02

There are trying to divert the traffic.

Reliance has issues and so does VSNL.

sanjayatarizona · 19th December 2008, 20:17

Just the thing we needed in recession hit times ...

aaggoswami · 19th December 2008, 20:17

Maybe this is the reason why my ISP is working bad and I am having difficulties even in accessing tbhp and international websites.

jat · 19th December 2008, 20:21

Now I know, why I have been facing problem with my internet. Connection problems and slow speed. Thanks whatcanthisbe

bhp1 · 19th December 2008, 20:28

Oh so this is the reason why my Net connection has also been facing problems.
Similar thing happened earlier also, then the undersea cables got cut by some ships Anchor.

Steeroid · 19th December 2008, 20:41

Almost all ISPs are affected, the cables between Asia and the Middle east with Europe have been cut. Both Flag 4 (Reliance) and GLobal Crossing (TATA) the two largest submarine cable operators as well as mutiple-owner cable systems like SEAMEWE (South East Asia Middle East Western Europe) and other smaller cable operators are affected.

Most call centres remain cut-off from the rest of the world, as a result. They're working to reroute traffic, but the cause is unknown.

whatcanthisbe · 19th December 2008, 20:42

welcome guys, i was wondering why my internet(airtel BB & Reliance Data card) was slow where as the connection at work was fine, did a lil research and gor the it guys at work to find out why and this is why, work uses the Pacific link but since all / most of the traffic is being routed there get ready for slow internet

Sankar · 19th December 2008, 20:53

This is the second time that something like this is happening. I don't remember but submarine cable got cut at around the same region early this year.

ECM · 19th December 2008, 21:02

I am told things will be much better after 11 pm tonite.

DCEite · 19th December 2008, 22:11

Getting this popup since evening:

hrman · 19th December 2008, 22:24

Yeah. My MS Outlook in Office has been down since morning. My net connection at home is too slow too. Thnks for pointing this out.

whatcanthisbe · 19th December 2008, 22:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCEite

Getting this popup since evening:

What ISP is that ?

Yeah I am trying to connect to my client via VPN but no luck

jkdas · 20th December 2008, 00:26

"The shut down will take several days to fix, and could have a major impact on the region and across the world."
India suffers massive internet disruption after undersea cables break - Times Online

"It's still unclear how the cables were damaged or when they will be fixed. Reliance Globalcom, a communications provider in India, told Bloomberg News that there was no time frame for getting the network fixed. France Telecom said it plans to send a boat to fix the problem and should have service restored to normal by December 31, according to Bloomberg."

Damaged undersea cables disrupting service | Wireless - CNET News

19th December 2008, 19:09	#1
whatcanthisbe BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: http://www.wandering-online.com Posts: 499 Thanked: 6 Times	Undersea Cable CUT Internet service providers (ISPs) are currently observing failure in the undersea cable system (FEA) between Alxendria (Egypt) and Palermo (Italy). Cable systems SMW3, SMW4 towards Atlantic are out of service, As per the information received from service providers outage is suspected due to cable cuts or shunt faults. Currently there is no estimate to repair (ETR) provided by the service providers
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19th December 2008, 19:57	#2
vikram_d Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,427 Thanked: 1,185 Times	Any idea what ISP's will be affected?
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19th December 2008, 20:02	#3
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	There are trying to divert the traffic. Reliance has issues and so does VSNL.
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19th December 2008, 20:17	#4
sanjayatarizona BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: "God's own Shaap" Posts: 354 Thanked: 10 Times	Just the thing we needed in recession hit times ...
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19th December 2008, 20:17	#5
aaggoswami Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vadodara Posts: 4,982 Thanked: 2,931 Times	Maybe this is the reason why my ISP is working bad and I am having difficulties even in accessing tbhp and international websites.
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19th December 2008, 20:21	#6
jat BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SINGAPORE Posts: 265 Thanked: 7 Times	Now I know, why I have been facing problem with my internet. Connection problems and slow speed. Thanks whatcanthisbe
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19th December 2008, 20:28	#7
bhp1 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NA Posts: 513 Thanked: 4 Times	Oh so this is the reason why my Net connection has also been facing problems. Similar thing happened earlier also, then the undersea cables got cut by some ships Anchor.
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19th December 2008, 20:41	#8
Steeroid Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: N.A Posts: 7,046 Thanked: 2,751 Times	Almost all ISPs are affected, the cables between Asia and the Middle east with Europe have been cut. Both Flag 4 (Reliance) and GLobal Crossing (TATA) the two largest submarine cable operators as well as mutiple-owner cable systems like SEAMEWE (South East Asia Middle East Western Europe) and other smaller cable operators are affected. Most call centres remain cut-off from the rest of the world, as a result. They're working to reroute traffic, but the cause is unknown. Last edited by Steeroid : 19th December 2008 at 20:49.
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19th December 2008, 20:42	#9
whatcanthisbe BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: http://www.wandering-online.com Posts: 499 Thanked: 6 Times	welcome guys, i was wondering why my internet(airtel BB & Reliance Data card) was slow where as the connection at work was fine, did a lil research and gor the it guys at work to find out why and this is why, work uses the Pacific link but since all / most of the traffic is being routed there get ready for slow internet
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19th December 2008, 20:53	#10
Sankar Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Location Posts: 5,766 Thanked: 9,054 Times	This is the second time that something like this is happening. I don't remember but submarine cable got cut at around the same region early this year.
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19th December 2008, 21:02	#11
ECM BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somewhere Posts: 226 Thanked: 15 Times	I am told things will be much better after 11 pm tonite.
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19th December 2008, 22:11	#12
DCEite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NCR Posts: 3,418 Thanked: 2,567 Times	Getting this popup since evening: Attached Thumbnails
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19th December 2008, 22:24	#13
hrman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,128 Thanked: 1,015 Times	Yeah. My MS Outlook in Office has been down since morning. My net connection at home is too slow too. Thnks for pointing this out.
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20th December 2008, 00:26	#15
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	"The shut down will take several days to fix, and could have a major impact on the region and across the world." India suffers massive internet disruption after undersea cables break - Times Online "It's still unclear how the cables were damaged or when they will be fixed. Reliance Globalcom, a communications provider in India, told Bloomberg News that there was no time frame for getting the network fixed. France Telecom said it plans to send a boat to fix the problem and should have service restored to normal by December 31, according to Bloomberg." Damaged undersea cables disrupting service \| Wireless - CNET News
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