[93820] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Dec 28 00:36:35 2006
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:35:44 -0500
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
To: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya <gaurab@lahai.com>
Cc: nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <741EB514-38DD-403B-B972-FEEBBD5C7F7E@lahai.com>
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On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 04:55:25AM +0000, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Information seems to suggest that these all have one or other faults
> due to the earthquake. Some probably have more serious problems then
> others.
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> SMW3 (Sea-me-we 3).
> FNAL and FEA (FLAG North Asia Loop) ;
> RNAL = Reach North Asia Loop
> APCN2 (Asia Pacific Network 2)
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> C2C - Singtel's coast to coast
> EAC = East Asia Crossing (EAC)
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> Traffic is gradually coming back through ad-hoc setups and re-routes,
> but cable providers are saying minimum 3 weeks for full recovery.
I've wondered how many boats/subs exist for these repairs
and if attempting to do them all in parallel is going to be a big
problem. With 6 systems having outages, it will be interesting to see
when various paths/systems come back online and if there is a gating
factor in underseas repair gear being available in the region.
- jared
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