Consider that all Perth-Singapore cables pass within 10 - 30 km of the currently erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, and through the Sunda strait where the undersea landslides caused by said volcano's eruption last month caused a tsunami and significant destruction.
If only one of the three cables is down at the moment, be grateful for diverse laying routes. https://goo.gl/maps/cpRDmsBMPqB2 https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/krakatau.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-07/indonesia-tsunami-survivors-fear-second-disaster/10688248 On 5/01/2019 5:20 am, James Andrewartha wrote: > Hi Matt, > > Quite possibly, I only googled for about 5 minutes and couldn't find any > releases saying it was, the latest I found was > https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/650976/telstra-boosts-subsea-cable-portfolio-25-per-cent-stake-southern-cross/ > > from 18 Dec which at the bottom has “Rectification is expected to be > completed within three weeks,” Vocus said in an update yesterday. > > Futher googling now finds > http://status.vocus.com.au/view-incident.aspx?IncidentID=470 which has a > restoration date of 1/1/2019 so maybe there was no-one at work to put out > a press release over the holidays. If a cable is passing traffic but > there's no restoration notice is it really up? > > On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, Matt McDonough wrote: > >> Pretty sure you’ll find ASC was up and operational between Perth and >> Singapore before the end of 2018. >> >> Cheers >> >> Matt >> >>> On 4 Jan 2019, at 7:44 pm, James Andrewartha <tr...@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> >>> wrote: >>> >>> So that's a total of 0 functioning submarine cables from Perth at this >>> point in time. (OK ASC is live from Perth to Indonesia, but not Singapore) >>> >>>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, Brad Peczka wrote: >>>> >>>> Not entirely. >>>> >>>> I think the Trident cable has been cancelled (Paul?), and Australia West >>>> Express appears to be little more than a website and >>>> some press releases. >>>> >>>> Happy to be proven wrong on both of the above, but with ASC and the Indigo >>>> cables either online or close to being online (and >>>> SMW3 being 50/50 depending on the phase of the moon), the need for the >>>> other systems is currently somewhat diminished. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -Brad. >>>> >>>> >>>> From: AusNOG <ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Jonathan Brewer >>>> Sent: Friday, 4 January 2019 5:28 PM >>>> To: Peter Tonoli <peter+aus...@metaverse.org> >>>> Cc: <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net> >>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Network Atlas (was Re: AUSNOG) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 04:22, Peter Tonoli <peter+aus...@metaverse.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Happy new year. At the risk of resurrecting an old thread, I saw the >>>> Hurricane Electric has a pretty impressive atlas of their operations >>>> https://he.net/3d-map/ .. >>>> >>>> So cool that Perth has six submarine cables now! >>> >>> -- >>> # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub here will >>> do \ >>> # UCC Wheel Member http://trs80.ucc.asn.au/ #| what squirrels do best >>> | >>> [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and hide >>> your | >>> [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ]\ nuts." -- Acid Reflux >>> #231 / >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AusNOG mailing list >>> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net >>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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