SEACOM downtime expected over the weekend

Whilst the disruptive portion of the repair process is expected to be minimal, the precise chronology and actual duration is unpredictable due to exogenous factors such as weather conditions and pirates,” SEACOM said.
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:)
 
Ja, I know... and I am supposed to be streaming a friend's wedding via UStream from 10 am onwards :(

Murphy's law... they would pick this Saturday.
 
Garyvdh said:
Ja, I know... and I am supposed to be streaming a friend's wedding via UStream from 10 am onwards :(

Murphy's law... they would pick this Saturday.
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Maybe try using an ISP that uses SAT-3/SAFE bandwidth although I suspect we can expect congestion there as well.
 
ave said:
what does cybersmart use??
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They use SAT-3 via TATA (AS6453).

Pretty soon they will also use Seacom as well offering redundancy on two different cable routes as well as establishing another IPC in JHB.
 
"This will result in the power being shut down on the cable for the duration of the repair. "

Err, confused.

I though that this was an optical cable?
 
locutis said:
"This will result in the power being shut down on the cable for the duration of the repair. "

Err, confused.

I though that this was an optical cable?
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The light source is not strong enough in order for it to propagate the light entire length of the cable due to attenuation. In order to get the light from A to B they have to amplify it at certain intervals and in order to do this they use optical repeaters. The optical repeater converts the light to an electrical signal which is in turn again converted to light signal with full strength. In order to do this the optical repeaters require power, electrical power that is. So besides carrying optical fibers the cable also has electrical conductors, armour cladding etc.

Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_communications_repeater
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEACOM_(African_cable_system)
http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/communication/transmission/submarine/products/wetplant.html
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/41056
http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/telecom/solution/submarine/

Hope this clears it up ;)
 
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I'm with Web Africa, been down for 3 days... Is this related?
 
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