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Severed Undersea Internet Cable to Disrupt Service in India
The slow internet speed is to be blamed on an undersea cable repair going on. The SEA-ME-WE4 undersea cable got cut a few weeks ago and is now being repaired.
This cable links Europe, the Middle East and South Asia region. The worst hit country is India. This single cable carries around 89% of the traffic load of the above mentioned region.
The major internet players Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications get their bandwidth from the same undersea cable.
This is not the first time that an undersea cable cut has disrupted the internet speeds in India. In 2008, an undersea cable cut led to India losing around 50% to 60% of its internet bandwidth.
Problems like this are not exactly common, but are not entirely unheard of either. India is no stranger to issues with undersea communication cables. A couple of years ago, a cut cable took out half of the countrys bandwidth capacity resulting in serious disruption. The problems dragged on for almost a couple of weeks, so, if everything goes smoothly this time, the four days of issues forecast shouldnt be that much of a problem.
The slow internet speed is to be blamed on an undersea cable repair going on. The SEA-ME-WE4 undersea cable got cut a few weeks ago and is now being repaired.
This cable links Europe, the Middle East and South Asia region. The worst hit country is India. This single cable carries around 89% of the traffic load of the above mentioned region.
The major internet players Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications get their bandwidth from the same undersea cable.
This is not the first time that an undersea cable cut has disrupted the internet speeds in India. In 2008, an undersea cable cut led to India losing around 50% to 60% of its internet bandwidth.
Problems like this are not exactly common, but are not entirely unheard of either. India is no stranger to issues with undersea communication cables. A couple of years ago, a cut cable took out half of the countrys bandwidth capacity resulting in serious disruption. The problems dragged on for almost a couple of weeks, so, if everything goes smoothly this time, the four days of issues forecast shouldnt be that much of a problem.
