How Internet flow to PC – Undersea Submarine Cable System

The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 project is a next generation submarine cable system linking South East Asia to Europe via the Indian Sub-Continent and Middle East. The project aims to take these regions to the forefront of global communication by significantly increasing the bandwidth and global connectivity of users along its route between Singapore and France.

map_2Cable System Configuration

Cable System provides interfaces for connection in between terminal stations at the following locations

TUAS : Singapore
MELAKA : Malaysia
SATUN : Thailand
COX’S BAZAR : Bangladesh
CHENNAI : India
COLOMBO : Sri Lanka
MUMBAI : India
KARACHI : Pakistan
FUJAIRA : United Arab Emirates
JEDDA : Saudi Arabia
SUEZ,
CAIRO, ALEXANDRIA
: Egypt (land segment)
PALERMO : Italy
BIZERTE : Tunisia
ANNABA : Algeria
MARSEILLES : France

Slow Internet Speed India due to Undersea Cable Cut

India is experiencing a decrease in the overall Internet Connectivity speed and this is accounted to around 50% of the normal speeds. The main reason behind this is the Fibre Cut at South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) undersea submarine cable system which connects South East Asia and Europe. The whole project is run by 16 different International Telecom companies which includes top Indian Telecom companies like Tata Communications, Bharti Airtel which cover a major consumer base in India, hence their customers would be the most effected ones.

SEA-ME-WE-4-Route

SEA-ME-WE-4 Route

Atleast 3 different under sea cables have been broken, out of which the cable located near Italy is going to effect the Indian Broadband Connections. The maintainence and repair work has already started and would be continued for the next four days because of which the impact is going to disrupt the service atleast for the next few days. This is the time when you need to Optimize Internet Connection for making the most of all the speed you get and not just waiting for the higher speed unless the repair is completed.

This is not the first time India had to face slow internet speed due to disruption in a cable system. In Jan 2008, the country lost 50 to 60 percent of Internet bandwidth due to a breakdown in an international undersea cable network.