http://www.seacom.mu/news/article-92/seacom-network-is-not-down/ "The SEACOM network is not experiencing any cable outages or international connectivity disruptions as a result of multiple cable cuts currently affecting other providers and carriers in the Gulf of Aden. SEACOM is committed to assisting affected customers and cable providers with bandwidth options as required to minimize the impact this downtime has on the African Internet." On 2/27/12, Nicholas J Dear <ndear@sundayafternoon.me.uk> wrote:
It's the providers that have to take the wrap for this. In this day and age it's incredulous to have a single point of failure. It's just not necessary.
Well traditionally, cable landing stations are expensive, so they tend to be re-used. This happens fairly often, there is an entire industry that is dedicated to fixing fiber cuts. Perhaps the exclusion zone needs more buoys to signal to maritime traffic where they can and cant go? -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel