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SE Asia : Europe Internet Connections at 10% normal speed

By | December 20th, 2008 | Category: Feature Articles, Internet | 1 Comment »
SE Asia : Europe Internet Connections at 10% normal speed

France Telecom's m.v. Raymond CrozeThe breakage of the three trunk undersea cables in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia has dropped Internet bandwidth between Europe and Asia to 10% of normal capacity, as Telco’s and ISPs frantically try to reroute connections through the USA. Users in SE Asia are reporting connections as slow as 5 bps with up to 100% transmission packet loss on some browse and email connection attempts.



Mediterranean Cables Cut, Global Internet Access Falls

By | December 20th, 2008 | Category: Internet, News Reports | No Comments »
Mediterranean Cables Cut, Global Internet Access Falls

France Telecom's Elodie 3m Undersea cable laying ploughInternet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East and Asia were severely disrupted on Friday (19th Dec 2008) after three undersea cables were damaged in the Mediterranean, France Telecom said. “The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear,” a statement said, while a spokesman said it was unlikely to have been an attack.

The company said it was sending a ship to fix the lines but that it would not arrive until Monday and that it could take until December 31 until normal service was restored.