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[Chevron]

SEACOM have identified a network fault between Mumbai and Dar-es-salaam. They are unable to provide an ETR at present

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[Arrancar4]

im sufferin from internet lessness. **** U Seacom! Should have gone drinking today

[zAnD]

Sigh, after a full days work, i finally get home so that i can have my daily fix of World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2, only to discover that Seacom has let me down...again....within a space of 6 months....screw this-> im going back to telkom



Edit: meh, on second thought, why dont i just switch over to my telkom account right now :P

[Bonezmann]

Yip, SEACOM is at it again. I thought it was a problem with our router until I saw that only mweb.co.za works... /sigh...

Outage Num:8084
International ADSL outage affecting all regions
International ADSL services in the following area may be inaccessible due to a SEACOM outage: All Regions
Start Date:2010-07-05 11:34:01
End Date:
Status:Open

[Mic]

Can anyone tell me when we are getting more sea cables? I heard a rumour that we will be getting more sea cables that are both faster than SEACOM and can handle more data. Chevron is it true? And when will it be a reality?




PS, I discovered that I finally got upgraded from 384 to 512 line. people say the government is incompetent but I have to struggle for months to get my parents to fill in a ****ing form to get faster internet. Sigh, can't even use it now....

[MarcosCOB]

It's not a rumour, we are. As for when, I think one is planned to be done around 2011/2012 and another 2013/2014. Not sure on that though, read that awhile back already.

[Mic]

Well good news, Mweb says they just rerouted the internet via the Telkom cable, but you have to restart your router for it to take effect.

Edit:

Outage Num:8084
International ADSL outage affecting all regions
International ADSL services in the following area may be inaccessible due to a SEACOM outage: All Regions. Please note that alternative routing is now in place and members are advised to restart their ADSL routers to effect the change. P2P traffic will be blocked while using alternative routing.
Start Date:2010-07-05 11:34:01
End Date:
Status:Open

[NecroWolf]

Afrihost set up a proxy for international sites but it is so super slow. I really this gets fixed soon. I'm glad it's a SEACOM issue and not an Afrihost issue because I was starting to get really ****ed off at Afrihost.

[Rah_Skill]

Browsing is still perfect on SAOL, downloads are a bit meh. Good news though is that my ping has halved ^.^

[Arrancar4]

Well good news, Mweb says they just rerouted the internet via the Telkom cable, but you have to restart your router for it to take effect.

Edit:

Thanks it work.

Back to the asian porn...

[Incognito]

Afrihost set up a proxy for international sites but it is so super slow. I really this gets fixed soon. I'm glad it's a SEACOM issue and not an Afrihost issue because I was starting to get really ****ed off at Afrihost.

Yeah just noticed that I can explore int sites as well. But still a bit slow. But afrihost has been slow the last month or so imo.

[Wesley]

Seacom's been giving me angry customers the WHOLE day. Its just so ****ing retarded that a business has techies who say; "Yes, it's perfectly safe to rely on this brand-new, 11,000km-long cable that runs under the ****ing sea for every bit of our enterprises' needs."

I explained Seacom to a customer this evening and he nearly blew his lid, couldn't see the sense in it. He is the manager of a branch for a company that has a very clever I.T. division that decided to use a two-year-old company that merely resells IS bandwidth for their countrywide internet...

Even my 3G has been acting up for weeks now.

[MarcosCOB]

Seacom's been giving me angry customers the WHOLE day. Its just so ****ing retarded that a business has techies who say; "Yes, it's perfectly safe to rely on this brand-new, 11,000km-long cable that runs under the ****ing sea for every bit of our enterprises' needs."

I explained Seacom to a customer this evening and he nearly blew his lid, couldn't see the sense in it. He is the manager of a branch for a company that has a very clever I.T. division that decided to use a two-year-old company that merely resells IS bandwidth for their countrywide internet...

Even my 3G has been acting up for weeks now.

Which ISP is that though? I know several ISPs are rerouting traffic to SAT-3 which is at least making it bearable as you can browse international again which, from a business point-of-view would be a priority.

P2P and torrents are being heavily shaped all around. MWeb's completely blocking P2P.

Just came accross this on MyBB:

Whilst the repair process itself will only take a few hours, the overall process may last a minimum of 6-8 days. The actual duration is unpredictable due to external factors such as transit time of the ship, weather conditions and time to locate the cable. For this reason, the estimated duration of this repair remains uncertain.

[Wesley]

Which ISP is that though? I know several ISPs are rerouting traffic to SAT-3 which is at least making it bearable as you can browse international again which, from a business point-of-view would be a priority.

P2P and torrents are being heavily shaped all around. MWeb's completely blocking P2P.

I know that companies like MWEB, Axxess, and Openweb have the SAT3 backbone to fall on but this company, RH_IT Consulting, can't cut the mustard as far as corporate internet solutions are concerned. They have no fallback SAT3, no other options other than Seacom bandwidth, and their "techie" wasn't up to speed on how the network and the Seacom cable was doing. Hell, they're only two years old and can't afford the website yet, let alone a landline phone considering only a cell number is listed for contact.

[MarcosCOB]

I don't understand why a company who clearly requires a reliable internet connection would decide to go with a "newbie" that has very little (if any) infrastructure. And today it's just getting worse:

Morning Friends,

If you have an IS account today, there will be little to no international connectivity on your connection during the day. All should restore this evening.

I can only assume that this would then apply to those rerouted via SAT3.

[Mic]

When will that take Effect? I still have international connectivity now.

[MarcosCOB]

When will that take Effect? I still have international connectivity now.

What ISP you on? I'm on the Gold package from OpenWeb and I got nothing since earlier this morning already. :|

[Mic]

I'm on Mweb, maybe they have access to SAT-3. Also, I'm having problems connecting my IM client on 2 PC's. Could it have something to do with the rerouteing?

[MarcosCOB]

I'm not sure on MWeb, but I think they're rerouting traffic through SAIX, not SAT3. So you should be able to browse fine, international and local. As for the IM problem, I have no idea, sorry.

[Chevron]

SEACOM fault may take days to fix

SEACOM repeater failure to blame for international bandwidth problems; fault may take a week to repair

Numerous ADSL users experienced international connectivity downtime today due to a problem on the SEACOM cable. The problems started at around 11:00 on Monday and affected numerous ISPs, including Afrihost, Axxess and Internet Solutions.

SEACOM confirmed that services between Mumbai and Mombasa were down since 9:19 GMT (11:00 local time) on 5th July 2010. At the time the company said that they were still investigating the exact cause of the downtime.

It has now emerged that a repeater failure on the SEACOM submarine cable is to blame for the downtime – a fault which may take a few days to fix. SEACOM has confirmed that the fault will take 'an extended period of time' to fix.

Most ADSL service providers which make use of SEACOM bandwidth have already started to re-route international traffic via SAT-3/SAFE.

SEACOM responds

At 09:19 GMT, 5 July 2010, SEACOM experienced a submarine failure resulting in service downtime between Mumbai and Mombasa. Current investigations indicate that a repeater has failed on segment 9 of the SEACOM cable, which is offshore to the north of Mombasa. This unexpected failure affects traffic towards both India and Europe. Traffic within Africa is not affected.

SEACOM has initiated emergency repair procedures to replace the repeater. Once mobilised, the repair ship is deployed to the location of the fault to pick up the cable. The cable is then brought on board to undergo the repair – the faulty element is replaced with a new repeater - before being put back in the water.

Whilst the repair process itself will only take a few hours, the overall process may last a minimum of 6-8 days. The actual duration is unpredictable due to external factors such as transit time of the ship, weather conditions and time to locate the cable. For this reason, the estimated duration of this repair remains uncertain.

SEACOM, in co-operation with individual clients, is actively seeking alternatives to restore service whilst the repairs are undertaken.

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/teleco...-days-fix.html