MWEB - Seacom planned maintenance update

Still get 1 Mb/sec speeds on certain international sites. I'm not downloading though, just checking now and again.
 
International is completely dead for me ATM on Axxess 384K uncapped. Requests gets to IS' servers and then go nowhere... so much for contingency plans eh?
 
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its the end of the world as we know it, well not rely. Just heard that the eskom can't afford to power the internet this winter and started to black out portions of the world's internet one at a time, who new! ;D
 
MWEB Operations said:
As a result of rough seas the maintenance on the Seacom undersea cable was not completed yesterday as planned. MWEB will continue to have alternative international fiber bandwidth in place for the duration of the maintenance. Thanks for your patience.

Regards
MWEB Ops
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So by alternate routes you mean 56k Dialup modems right.. because thats the speeds we are getting now
 
err no we not, why the hell are we routing through america?

7 if-11-1-1.core2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (216.6.13.141) 137.866 ms 140.064 ms 141.995 ms
8 if-0-0-0-1812.core1.TV2-Tokyo.as6453.net (216.6.13.134) 291.693 ms 293.997 ms 297.144 ms
9 if-10-0-0-815.mcore3.LAA-LosAngeles.as6453.net (209.58.61.66) 409.569 ms 412.376 ms 414.611 ms
10 Vlan28.icore1.EQL-LosAngeles.as6453.net (216.6.84.54) 416.717 ms 416.788 ms 417.355 ms
11 Vlan507.icore1.EQL-LosAngeles.as6453.net (206.82.129.22) 417.795 ms 419.448 ms *
12 nyk-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.252.162) 762.938 ms 703.239 ms 704.660 ms
13 prs-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.251.97) 648.722 ms 639.900 ms 641.744 ms
 
lroachl said:
its the end of the world as we know it, well not rely. Just heard that the eskom can't afford to power the internet this winter and started to black out portions of the world's internet one at a time, who new! ;D
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LOL
 
semaphore said:
err no we not, why the hell are we routing through america?

7 if-11-1-1.core2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (216.6.13.141) 137.866 ms 140.064 ms 141.995 ms
8 if-0-0-0-1812.core1.TV2-Tokyo.as6453.net (216.6.13.134) 291.693 ms 293.997 ms 297.144 ms
9 if-10-0-0-815.mcore3.LAA-LosAngeles.as6453.net (209.58.61.66) 409.569 ms 412.376 ms 414.611 ms
10 Vlan28.icore1.EQL-LosAngeles.as6453.net (216.6.84.54) 416.717 ms 416.788 ms 417.355 ms
11 Vlan507.icore1.EQL-LosAngeles.as6453.net (206.82.129.22) 417.795 ms 419.448 ms *
12 nyk-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.252.162) 762.938 ms 703.239 ms 704.660 ms
13 prs-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.251.97) 648.722 ms 639.900 ms 641.744 ms
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Traffic to some sites is going that route (mostly US West Coast AFAIK).

Its the only route thats not congested, and MWeb and Tata have transit rights on it...

Edit: This is the way the internet should work. We shouldn't be dependent on one (or a few) cables.

Edit#2: Tata communications is a very large ISP, with many transit rights worldwide:
http://www.peeringdb.com/view.php?asn=6453

Eidt#3: The WikiPedia article on SEA-ME-WE 4 indicates that during a major break in early 2008, 75% of traffic was routed across SE-Asia and the Pacific. The current fault on 15 Apr 2010 is not as severe, but MWeb has taken pre-emptive action on this segment. Other threads on this forum indicate that SAT3 is heavily congested (and may be undergoing maintenance as well).
 
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semaphore said:
why the hell are we routing through america?
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Hi semaphore,

The portion of the Seacom path that is under repair, the SEMEWE4 cable is a major artery between south Asia and Europe. The impact of this reduction of capacity reaches way beyond just SA as affected carriers around the world re-route traffic via alternate paths.

MWB.
 
MWEB said:
Hi semaphore,

The portion of the Seacom path that is under repair, the SEMEWE4 cable is a major artery between south Asia and Europe. The impact of this reduction of capacity reaches way beyond just SA as affected carriers around the world re-route traffic via alternate paths.

MWB.
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Is that sustainable:whistle:
 
Thank you for the updates MWEB. (especially on a Sunday)
 
MWEB said:
Hi semaphore,

The portion of the Seacom path that is under repair, the SEMEWE4 cable is a major artery between south Asia and Europe. The impact of this reduction of capacity reaches way beyond just SA as affected carriers around the world re-route traffic via alternate paths.

MWB.
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Thanks for the update. I'm still waiting for the Network Notices page ;-)

It seems odd that only some site traffic is being re-routed. I guess it takes time to change the Is that sustainable:whistle:[/QUOTE]

Hope that the break doesn't last too long (into Monday), but realistically SA is just a blip on the bandwidth map.

Edit: Just noticed that local sites (like MyBB) that have banner adverts are slow to load because of latency to google servers.
 
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MWEB said:
Hi semaphore,

The portion of the Seacom path that is under repair, the SEMEWE4 cable is a major artery between south Asia and Europe. The impact of this reduction of capacity reaches way beyond just SA as affected carriers around the world re-route traffic via alternate paths.

MWB.
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Have seacom given an ETA for repairs on the cable? its well over 9hours now obviously weather conditions are part factor.
 
bradrap said:
Do we have an ETA on things going back to normal?
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Hi bradrap,

Best estimates we have is 6-9 hours for the duration of the repairs, however their start was delayed from yesterday morning to this afternoon due to unfavourable weather conditions.

As soon as we have any further feedback we will update.

MWB.
 
iBurst is going full 125KB/sec international. They must be using a different system.
 
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