Intaneti kusafirisha data kukitokea mkwamo, hutafuta njia mbadala ya kupita hata ikiwa ya kuzunguka kama baadhi ya meli kwa sasa zinapitia Cape of Good Hope South Afrika kusafirisha mizigo, sasa tujiulize kwa hili la mkonga wa intaneti hakuna njia nyingine ya kusafirisha mzigo wa data wa intaneti ?
KEY FACTS
HGC Communications, a telecom operator in Hong Kong,
reported the four cables that were “cut” in the Red Sea: SEACOM, TGN, Africa Asia Europe-One and the Europe India Gateway.
HGC said that the damage has impacted an estimated 25% of their internet traffic, which is now being rerouted through mainland China and east through the United States.
SEACOM, an African provider based in Mauritius, confirmed to the
Wall Street Journal that their cable in the Red Sea was damaged, and that repairs would have to wait until at least the second quarter of 2024 due to ongoing instability in the region.
The Europe India Gateway cable was built by a
consortium of investors, including American telecom giants AT&T and Verizon, but as of Monday neither company confirmed if service has been affected.
Tata Communications, the Indian telecom firm who operates the TGN cable, confirmed to the
Associated Press that their cable was damaged near Yemen, and some service was down or rerouted (the company did not return a request for comment from Forbes).
SEACOM, AT&T, and Verizon have not returned requests for comment from Forbes, and the U.S. State Department and other government bodies have not commented on the incident.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE FIBER OPTIC CABLES TO INTERNET ACCESS?
A
study published by the Department of Homeland Security in 2017 estimated that 97% of all intercontinental electronic communications took place using undersea fiber optic cables, which are routed beneath the world’s oceans. The same study offered a clear example of how vital the cables are in the Middle East. After three divers attempted to
intentionally cut an undersea cable near Alexandria in 2013, Internet speeds in Egypt fell by about 60%.
Source : Forbes
N.B
Most large telecoms companies rely on multiple undersea cable systems, allowing them to reroute traffic in the event of an outage to ensure uninterrupted service.