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Is there a global status of cut/degraded undersea cable systems? That would be very beneficial. It seems that the connectivity providers Level3, Hibernia/Atrato
by nowprovision 11y ago
Is there a global status of cut/degraded undersea cable systems? That would be very beneficial. It seems that the connectivity providers Level3, Hibernia/Atrato, HE, NTT etc.. only relay limited information, perhaps their notification from cable providers is very limited too, by the time it gets to downstream customers we're all guessing, e.g. on WebHostingTalk there are customers trying to determine latency issue to a Hong Kong provider, only to have a competitor announce a fiber cut 2 days ago in Jakarta may be affecting it.
- nmc 11y agoYou are wrong on one part: connectivity providers usually provide detailed information about failures to their customers [1]. The only thing is: you are not their customer — your ISP is. Some ISPs will communicate to their own customers, i.e. you, for instance see the link NiekvdMaas posted in the thread [2]. Sadly, most ISPs do not relay any detailed info. [1] I once saw a fully detailed report from a connectivity provider about a cable failure and repair, with pictures of scuba-divers included — the cut happened on fibers running at the bottom of a water canal. [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11213555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11213555