{"id":477945,"date":"2023-01-27T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=477945"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:00:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:00:48","slug":"criminals-wreck-dfa-cable-create-network-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/fibre\/477945-criminals-wreck-dfa-cable-create-network-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"Criminals wreck DFA cable, create network problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has informed customers that a section of its network in Western Gauteng has been vandalised, disrupting parts of its network.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevastating cable vandalism incidents continue to plague the country, in this case, causing significant damage to the company\u2019s network operations,\u201d DFA stated.<\/p>\n

It explained that this incident damaged 6\u00d7144 fibre count cables (864 fibres), with over 50 core circuits negatively affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has resulted in a major increase of network congestion on layer 2 backhaul services, which could result in multiple clients being negatively affected,\u201d DFA said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an organisation, we do not underestimate the severity of the impact that this incident has on our customers and their organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many fibre network operators and Internet service providers rely on DFA as a backhaul provider.<\/p>\n

It will be up to these companies to inform subscribers whether the outage impacts them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe assure all users that our teams have been working around the clock to repair the damage,\u201d DFA said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are currently doing everything we can to resolve service disruptions as quickly as possible and aim to be completed [Friday] morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vandalism of its fibre infrastructure comes as DFA is executing a significant upgrade<\/strong><\/a> in its Johannesburg network.<\/p>\n

DFA chief operations officer Wesley Nash told MyBroadband they had put immense effort and resources into their network improvement plan, which includes:<\/p>\n