SEACOM/MWEB Give us an update!

[Rickster]

Its been awhile since Seacom had their little incident and have stated it will be sorted out by the beginning of April, its nearly the middle of April and we haven't heard any news on the matter.

Don't leave your customers in the dark!








I just want to play my freaking Gran Turismo 5 ffs!

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Err ....... it was fixed ages ago. There was an article about it, what are you on about?

 

[Rickster]

Err ....... it was fixed ages ago. There was an article about it, what are you on about?

They restored it using other ISP's , they are still not on Seacoms network. Seacom = Offline

I even asked mweb guy yesterday:

Me- When will SEACOM be fully restored to MWEB?

Mweb guy- I am not able to provide you any etr's as yet...

 

[HavocXphere]

Last I heard somewhere mid April. Buy yeah they bought other capacity so consumers shouldn't be massively disadvantaged.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Well when I read an article like this one - http://mygaming.co.za/news/broadband/52415-seacom-back-to-normal.html - I assume it's been fixed.

 

[Rickster]

Well when I read an article like this one - http://mygaming.co.za/news/broadband/52415-seacom-back-to-normal.html - I assume it's been fixed.

Seems fishy...why is it in the gaming section?

 

[schumi]

RPM's reply in this thread
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/517209-Seacom-says-full-capacity-restored

They just sourced other capacity. The cable should be fixed in early April.

Personally download speeds seem normal for me since the beginning on April, no complaints here

 

[HavocXphere]

Well when I read an article like this one - http://mygaming.co.za/news/broadband/52415-seacom-back-to-normal.html - I assume it's been fixed.

Maybe...the phrasing is a bit too fuzzy to be sure. Its dated 31 March & I'm pretty sure the people in the know said more like April-ish.

Whether its fully fixed, or just restored by routing around it - seems to be working so its all cool with me.

 

[ambo]

I got the following via one of Seacom's customers:

Cable ship Rene Descartes was arranged to the repair ground. The ship will lay a new landing cable due to shallow water. However, it is still waiting for the working permits from relevant authorities to start (also subject to TE North cable repaired) The tentative schedule was deferred to 21Apr-26Apr 2013.

 

[Sonic2k]

Well yes, the download speeds I used to have, not there.
Now I have to wait to have this cable fixed

 

[shanezn]

Looks like someone up there heard you ...

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/75635-seacom-cable-break-update.html

 

[ViciousClone]

Since Seacom downtime..my lantecy in EU have increased with at least 40 ...downloads seems fine though

 

[Bar_Rat]

15 APRIL 2013



The repair vessel has been commissioned to the repair site and the current estimated time of repair is 22nd April 2013. This will be confirmed once the vessel reaches the location of the expected break and the team has assessed the damage to the subsea cable system. Dates are subject to change as per the weather conditions in the respective geography.

We will update further as information becomes available

Maybe check the Seacom site before making a thread.

 

[ambo]

Maybe check the Seacom site before making a thread.

Maybe look at the date of the thread before making silly comments.

 

[GreyBush]

Maybe look at the date of the thread before making silly comments.

Nice.

 

[Yuu]

Thanks Rickster for the thread as i too thought all was fixed.

Appreciate the others linking with updates , been a hectic month thus far.