SEACOM last week said that it experienced a brief interruption in its network on 14 April 2010 as a result of a fault on the Mediterranean section of the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable system, which SEACOM currently utilizes to connect to London.
SEA-ME-WE 4, which stretches from South East Asia to Europe via the Indian Sub-Continent and Middle East, was scheduled to undergo repairs on Saturday 24 April 2010 to fix the affected fibre pair in the Mediterranean Sea.
According to SEACOM this process is carried out by a repair ship which has been deployed to the location of the fault where it will pick up the cable, cut it and bring it onboard to undergo the repair on the optic fibre before the cable is placed back in the water. SEACOM said that this will result in the power being shut down on the cable for the duration of the repair.
This process however took longer than expected, and reports from this morning suggest that SEACOM is still down.
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SEACOM explains prolonged downtime
SEACOM experienced an interruption in its service on 14 April 2010 which lasted around seven minutes as a result of a fault on the Mediterranean section of the SEA-ME-WE 4 submarine cable system, which SEACOM currently utilizes to connect to London.
SEA-ME-WE 4, which stretches from South East Asia to Europe via the Indian Sub-Continent and Middle East, was initially scheduled to undergo repairs to fix the affected fibre pair in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday 17 April 2010 but this was subsequently rescheduled to Saturday 24 April 2010.
However, due to ongoing maintenance activity on another cable network servicing Africa and poor weather in the Mediterranean Sea, the actual work only began on Sunday 25 April 2010 resulting in the SEACOM service experiencing interruptions from around mid-day on Sunday.
The ongoing repair work is affecting several cable systems and has impacted negatively on the overall Internet connectivity in many regions across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, which rely to some extent on the availability of the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable for global connectivity.
Operators that have opted to work with SEACOM to find alternative channels have been routed to an Internet Access point in India to maintain service. The repair work is managed and controlled by SEA-ME-WE 4 who has indicated that the repair window may be extended to Friday 30 April 2010 for reasons unknown to SEACOM at this point.
SEACOM will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.
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SEACOM wiki iliyopita alisema kuwa uzoefu na usumbufu kifupi katika mtandao wake tarehe 14 Aprili 2010 kutokana na kosa juu ya sehemu ya Bahari ya Bahari-YANGU-WE 4 mfumo manowari cable, ambayo kwa sasa SEACOM utilizes na kuunganishwa na London.
Bahari-YANGU WE-4, ambayo stretches kutoka Afrika ya Mashariki ya Asia na Ulaya kupitia Indian Sub-Bara na Mashariki ya Kati, ilikuwa imepangwa kuteseka matengenezo ya Jumamosi Aprili 24, 2010 na fix walioathirika fiber jozi katika bahari ya Mediterranean.
Kwa mujibu wa utaratibu huu ni SEACOM uliofanywa na kutengeneza meli ambayo imekuwa likitumiwa kwa eneo ya kosa ambapo itakuwa pick up ya cable, ukate na ilete onboard kuteseka ya kutengeneza juu ya fiber optic kabla ya cable ni kuwekwa nyuma ndani ya maji. SEACOM alisema kuwa hii kusababisha nguvu imefungwa chini ya cable kwa muda wa kukarabati.
"Wakati sehemu ya usumbufu wa mchakato wa kutengeneza inatarajiwa kuwa ndogo, na tarehe zake sahihi na muda halisi ni kutokana na sababu haitabiriki exogenous kama vile hali ya hewa," SEACOM alisema.
Utaratibu huu hata hivyo alichukua muda mrefu kuliko ilivyotarajiwa, na taarifa kutoka asubuhi hii zinaonyesha kwamba SEACOM bado chini.
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SEACOM anaelezea muda mrefu downtime
SEACOM uzoefu na usumbufu katika huduma yake ya Aprili 14, 2010 ambayo ilidumu karibu dakika saba kutokana na kosa juu ya sehemu ya Bahari ya Bahari-YANGU-WE 4 mfumo manowari cable, ambayo kwa sasa SEACOM utilizes na kuunganishwa na London.
Bahari-YANGU WE-4, ambayo stretches kutoka Afrika ya Mashariki ya Asia na Ulaya kupitia Indian Sub-Bara na Mashariki ya Kati, awali kufanyika matengenezo kuteseka kurekebisha walioathirika fiber jozi katika bahari ya Mediterranean juu ya Jumamosi Aprili 17, 2010 lakini huu hatimaye rescheduled ya Jumamosi Aprili 24, 2010.
Hata hivyo, kutokana na shughuli za matengenezo ya Afrika inayoendelea mtandao mwingine cable huduma na hali ya hewa maskini katika bahari ya Mediterranean, kazi halisi tu ilianza Jumapili Aprili 25, 2010 kusababisha huduma ya SEACOM kupitia kusumbuliwa kutoka kote mid siku ya Jumapili.
Unaoendelea kutengeneza kazi ni kuathiri mfumo wa cable kadhaa na imeathiri vibaya uppkoppling wa jumla Internet katika mikoa mingi kote Mashariki ya Kati, Afrika na Asia, ambao wanategemea kwa kiasi fulani juu ya upatikanaji wa Bahari-YANGU-WE 4 cable kwa uppkoppling kimataifa .
Operatörerna ambayo valde kufanya kazi na SEACOM kupata njia mbadala kuwa kupelekwa kwa kuwa kiwango Internet Access katika India na kudumisha huduma. Kutengeneza kazi ya usimamizi na kudhibitiwa na bahari-YANGU-WE 4 ambaye imeelezwa kuwa dirisha kutengeneza inaweza kuwa hadi Ijumaa Aprili 30, 2010 kwa sababu haijulikani kwa SEACOM katika hatua hii.
SEACOM itaendelea kutoa taarifa zaidi updates kama huwa zinapatikana.
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