SEACOM problems: How you are affected

[Xyber]

Sorry moggie, but I don't know enough about who uses what, and the article does not specify that it is only about SEACOM ISP's, or who isn't affected, so as a non-affected Telkom ISP user I have to call it biased, sensationalist or non-acknowledging

Think a follow up article mentioning the guys not affected, like WA, would be nice so that we know where we can get some pre-paid the cheapest.

 

[fbman]

I am currently running on my reserve nexus pre-paid account which uses SAIX bandwidth.

I can't really download due to the fact I only have 1 Gig of prepaid data, but its enough to keep me on-line until seacom is back on-line and i can return to my 4 Meg uncapped with Mweb

 

[Nickste]

I'm on Afrihost 100 gig account and am getting a full 4Mbps speeds right now over http to London

 

[DarkStreet]

I'm on Afrihost 100 gig account and am getting a full 4Mbps speeds right now over http to London

Is Afrihost up again? Without having to enter proxy and that ****?

 

[Gordon_R]

I'm on Afrihost 100 gig account and am getting a full 4Mbps speeds right now over http to London

SEACOM seems to be working intermittently, not a complete failure in the circuit! Check the TENET graph to see up-downs:
http://monitor.net.tenet.ac.za/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=6&leaf_id=874

 

[Nickste]

Is Afrihost up again? Without having to enter proxy and that ****?

I haven't had to enter in the proxy details once. Again, I'm on 100 gig capped account - not sure if that influences it?

 

[DarkStreet]

I haven't had to enter in the proxy details once. Again, I'm on 100 gig capped account - not sure if that influences it?

SEACOM was fine yesterday morning until 8am and the previous night without any proxy. I've switched over to WA in the meantime as I need international to work. Will test Afrihost again today and see if they've made another plan...

 

[Nickste]

I spoke too soon :-( Intl. down - and proxy doesn't seem to be helping...

 

[Galahad]

Could this have anything to do with Somali Pirates?

 

[ld13]

Ha, this poll just got featured on RSG. Go rpm, En dit noggal in Afrikaans ook!

 

[Gordon_R]

Ha, this poll just got featured on RSG. Go rpm, En dit noggal in Afrikaans ook!

KFM too (also in Afrikaans).

 

[Stickfigure]

I'm with Telkom and thus SAIX... So I haven't been affected at all

 

[Galahad]

My question about Somali Pirates was serious - the fault appears to be in the area where they operate.

 

[diegoa]

Anyone going via MTN Business experiencing any issues today, their routes to europe look completely changed and im getting high latency :S

 

[User4456]

this blows i want a pro-rata refund for everyday of downtime that I'm paying for.. 4mb uncapped is expensive and im really *%$&in' annoyed!

 

[Sting]

My question about Somali Pirates was serious - the fault appears to be in the area where they operate.

The answer is no. This is off the Indian coast, not the African coast.


/Serious answer.

 

[Galahad]

Thank you for the info. It appears I was wrongly informed.

 

[DuidelikeDave]

Gconnect seems fine as well. I was getting speeds of 3.1 mbps this morning which is only slightly lower than my normal speed on 4mb line.

 

[bekdik]

thisi want a pro-rata refund for everyday of downtime that I'm paying for.. 4mb uncapped is expensive and im really *%$&in' annoyed!

I want a couple of Ferraris.

Neither of us will get our wish.

 

[cornishrex_rules]

My question about Somali Pirates was serious - the fault appears to be in the area where they operate.

Even if the likely hood is there for the Pirates (I have not read anything about this) but how would they manage to damage the Sea cable 4500 meters below sea level?