[LINK] Gridlock on the Internet

Glen Turner glen.turner@aarnet.edu.au
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:18:42 +1030


Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> 
> Damage to one of the world's busiest Internet cables was creating chaos
> last night for millions of people in Australia, Asia and Europe. The
> SEA-ME-WE 3 cable which links the three continents was damaged on the sea
> floor about 100 kilometres from Singapore at 3.20pm.

Does anyone know if the implication is that SEA-ME-WE3 has
no diverse Protect path or if people had oversubscribed any
existing protection?

Glen