Submarine cable cut lops Terabits off Australia's data bridge • The Register:
"TPG's announcement says the fault is around 4,590 km from the cable's Guam landing, which means it's around 3,000 metres below the surface.
The fault notice says engineers first logged a report that “alarms indicated that a submarine line card had lost its payload”, and the company is trying to establish when a repair ship can be dispatched to the location.
In the meantime, traffic is using alternate routes including the Australia-Japan Cable and Southern Cross.
Last year, the SeaMeWe-3 cable which runs from Perth to Asia via Indonesia suffered multiple outages.
The situation is complicated by the Basslink cable outage. As Vulture South reported last week, a repairing the electrical cable connecting Tasmania to the mainland is going to necessitate a visit by cable repair ship the Ile de Re, because Basslink's communication fibre is going to be cut during the operation." 'via Blog this'
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