[afnog] Submarine cable issues - WACS and SAT3

[Patrick Lufundisu]

Hi Willy, 

You can read this article https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/brain-consulting-services_newsletter-panne-des-fibres-optiques-maritimes-activity-7094485347224428544-ibGE

If someone has more information please share 

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> On 9 Aug 2023, at 10:07, Willy Manga <mangawilly at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> Please tell me that not all the submarine cable follow exactly the same physical path like  WACS and SAT3 if I can trust this article [1] . They are both somewhere in the Congo canyon.
> 
> The same cables suffered other issues but this time in Cote d'Ivoire (SAT3) and Nigeria (WACS) based on that tweet from CAMTEL [2], the main ISP in cameroon.
> 
> 
> The breaks  are impacting countries or more specifically networks with low interconnections. Once again, it's a hard reminder to expand your peering portfolio guys :)
> 
> 
> 1. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/fibre/503508-slow-internet-speeds-in-south-africa-break-in-undersea-cables.html
> 
> 2. https://twitter.com/Camtelonline/status/1688582980183220224/photo/1
> 
> 
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> Willy Manga
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