In Egypt a lot of these cables share the same infrastructure, even the same cable sheath.
So shared fate is inevitable. Matthew Melbourne <m...@melbourne.org.uk> wrote: >Not to mention the issues with SEA-ME-WE 4 (SMW4) on 27th March. > >http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/03/28/seamew >e-4-damage-hampers-internet-access-in-region/ > >Reports suggests EIG (Europe-India Gateway) and IMEWE >(India-Middle-East-Western-Europe) were in 'maintenance mode'. > >Very fishy.. ;-) > >Cheers, >Matt > >-----Original Message----- >From: uknof-boun...@lists.uknof.org.uk >[mailto:uknof-boun...@lists.uknof.org.uk] On Behalf Of Neil J. McRae >Sent: 01 April 2013 17:25 >To: waynemerricks >Cc: uknof@lists.uknof.org.uk >Subject: Re: [uknof] Please Advise: UK - India Routing issues > >As will says many cable issues - falcon and flag seems to be on for now >but >this was causing chaos last week. > >Sent from my iPhone > >On 1 Apr 2013, at 13:45, "waynemerricks" ><waynemerri...@thevoiceasia.com> >wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I apologise if this is the wrong place to ask but I was recommended >reaching out to the UKNOF lists after not getting very far in other >lists/forums. >> >> I work for a UK company with a satellite office in Northern India >served >by BSNL. About 4 weeks ago our inter office latency doubled to >approximately 750ms. After some investigation on various UK ISPs I >realised >that they're all being routed via London -> New York -> Palo Alto -> >Tokyo >-> Singapore -> Chennai. >> >> The return route from India was still Mumbai -> London fairly >directly as >it always has been. >> >> Some time on Wednesday (27th) the route changed again. Now the UK is >bouncing from London -> Egypt -> Mumbai. This is almost normal but I'm >still averaging about 100ms higher latency than normal (I could get >under >250ms on a good day but more usually it was about 300ms). >> >> At about the same time the return route from India changed completely >(its >now going Mumbai -> Chennai -> Singapore -> Tokyo -> Palo Alto -> New >York >-> London). >> >> I'm fairly convinced its a BSNL issue but they're doing the usual >telco >thing of "it must be your fault." Is there anything I can use to prove >one >way or the other where the fault lies? >> >> I have a handful of trace routes (attached) that didn't convince >them, so >where should I go next? >> >> Any advice even if its to tell me to try elsewhere would be much >appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> >> Wayne >> <16.03-India (BSNL) - UK (BT).txt> >> <16.03-UK (BT) - India (BSNL).txt> >> <16.03-UK (TalkTalk) - India (BSNL).txt> <28.03-UK (BT) - India >> (BSNL).txt> <31.03-India (BSNL) - UK (BT).txt> -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
