OT TAT-14 breakage

Ok, this is well off topic, but does anyone have any news on the TAT-14
breakage last night? Anyone know how it got broken and why the backup
line was also not available?

Nick

"Nick Bown" <nbown@nospamthanks.ixcg.com> wrote...

> Ok, this is well off topic, but does anyone have any news on
> the TAT-14 breakage last night? Anyone know how it got broken
> and why the backup line was also not available?

Try asking on the uk.net.providers group

The following was posted by my ISP this morning -

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At about 15:39 on the 25th we lost connectivity to most US destinations as a
result of a failure of a major transatlantic link, TAT-14. This is a 640GB/s
link used by several ISPs. The link is a ring, and the South side failed
last month and has yet to have repairs completed. The North link failed
severling communications completely. At about 07:46 on the 26th we have
connectivity to the US restored. This is circumstances beyond our control,
but we are reviewing alternative transit feeds as a result of this issue. It
seems ISPs which remained connected suffered exteremly slow connectivity as
a result of the extra load via remaining links. Sorry for any inconveience
this may have caused.
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Keith L