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Internet services in India disrupted
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 02 February 2008, 04:50 IST
Internet services have been disrupted throughout the country on Thursday following a major international cable breakdown in the Mediterranean Sea.
Cables under the Mediterranean Sea were damaged when some ships had to anchor in Egypt's Alexandria region due to bad weather conditions.
Nearly, 50 to 60 percent capacity remained down in the country following the damage of SEA-ME-We 3 and SEA-ME-WE 4 cables that connects Mumbai to East Coast of the U.S. and the UK.
"The repair will take another 15-20 days," said Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI).
FLAGTEL of Anil Dhirubhai Amabani Group (ADAG) Reliance and Delhi's Internet service provider (ISP) Spectranet and Bangalore's ISP Karturi Network were some of the service providers affected by the breakdown.
"Majority of the firms are trying to restore their connections through the Pacific Region, which is increasing the latency period (time taken to connect two servers)," said Chharia.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was unlikely to be impacted as it is connected through the VPN, he added.
