{"id":45363,"date":"2012-03-09T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=45363"},"modified":"2012-03-09T16:31:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T14:31:44","slug":"eassy-expected-to-be-back-online-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/45363-eassy-expected-to-be-back-online-in-a-week.html","title":{"rendered":"EASSY expected to be back online in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The East Africa Submarine System (EASSy)<\/a> submarine cable cut is expected to be repaired by 14 March.<\/p>\n

The EASSy Management Committee confirmed at the end of February that the EASSy cable was cut on 17 February 2012 at 14:27. The cut occurred in the Red Sea between the EASSy landing stations at Port Sudan and Djibouti.<\/p>\n

The impact of the EASSy cable cut was aggravated by cuts on two other cable systems in the same area – SMW3<\/a> and EIG<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cut is believed to have been caused by the anchor of a cargo ship being dragged more than 150km along the sea bed.<\/p>\n

The impact of the cable cut was minimized by both EASSy\u2019s \u201ccollapsed ring\u201d protection mechanism and the fact that many service providers have bandwidth on other cables like SAT-3<\/a> and SEACOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vast majority of EASSy\u2019s traffic interconnects at Djibouti, so most customers have not felt the impact of this cut,\u201d said the EASSy Management Committee.<\/p>\n

On 29 February 2012 the EASSy Management Committee said that the repair to EASSy will be completed within 15-20 days. There was however a warning that the actual repair date will depend on a variety of factors, including sea and weather conditions.<\/p>\n

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