Saturday, July 09, 2005
Pakistan's Internet out 11 days
Wow. An undersea fiber optic cable called called Southeast Asia, Middle East and Western Europe-3 (SEAMEWE-3), serving 90% of Pakistan's Internet connectivity, went on the blink on June 27. The fault was 15 kilometers out to sea from Karachi. Two ships battled the Monsoon season to fix it, and it is finally back on line. Pakistan, which lost significant call center business, bought all of Intelsat's spare capacity, but it was not near enough. Pakistan's monopoly telco is working on a second, redundant link, but it won't be operational until at least November. They're also talking to India about a terrestrial fiber connection. Link Link Link
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