It sure is. It’s December which means SMW3 is down :). Like I said won’t be back up until around PTC in January. Has been that way for last 3-4 years. A trend first observed by John Lindsay I think.
[b] > On 17 Dec 2017, at 7:07 pm, Mark Currie <mcur...@laserfast.com.au> wrote: > > AFAIK It’s down currently anyway… > > http://status.vocus.com.au/view-incident.aspx?IncidentID=387 > > Without Vocus has not updated its incident page? > > Mark > > > From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Matt > Perkins > Sent: Monday, 18 December 2017 3:34 PM > To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Au > South Africa Customer Link > > Ohh. I just was skimming Ausnog email's and saw SMW3 in two emails and > thought Oh no not again. Im a bit early. > > Matt. > > > On 18/12/17 3:29 pm, Bevan Slattery wrote: > SMW3 now goes down every year around December and comes back up the week > before PTC. Uncanny actually... > > [b] > > On 17 Dec 2017, at 6:24 pm, Jonathan Brewer <jon.bre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 18 December 2017 at 17:19, Brad Peczka <b...@bradpeczka.com> wrote: > Best routing you'll get at the moment is SEA-ME-WE 3 (when it's up, hah) to > Singapore, overland to Malaysia, and then via SAFE to South Africa. > > SEA-ME-WE 3 also lands in Penang eh? Shouldn't be any reason to get off in > Singapore and go overland. > > You'll need to be choosy about your provider though - given Telstra Global > have an interest in both cables, they might be a good first start. > > There was talk of a consortium called the Australia West Express putting in a > cable between Perth and Djibouti via Diego Garcia, who would be the best bet > for a low latency Africa link, but they've gone very quiet of late... > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > -- > /* Matt Perkins > Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. Ltd. > Office 1300 133 299 m...@spectrum.com.au > Level 6, 350 George Street Sydney 2000 > Spectrum Networks is a member of the Communications Alliance & TIO > */ > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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