Globe-spanning SEA-ME-WE 3 sea cable feared cut, broken or ...

Confirmed here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/02/seamewe_3_submarine_cable_reports_ou... Frank From: v6ops [mailto:v6ops-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of George Michaelson Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 4:06 PM To: John Mann Cc: v6ops@ietf.org WG Subject: Re: [v6ops] Bar BoF on a 6to4 replacement? And.. we just lost SEA-ME-WE3. So there is no direct to SG and there won't be for > 2mo judging by the last delay (Indon doesn't like cable ships operating without a licence) HK? Its reached via Japan. Japan? its reached via Hawaii, Guam, or LA. So these apparent optimal routes by ASN, are sometimes significantly less optimal. I stand by my words: Tunnels are a mechanism which foist unexpected RTT outcomes. -G <snip>

If its the span between Singapore and Indonesia then this only affects Indonesia and western Australia... SG, HK, JP are well served by many other cables, not sure what the poster below is seeing.... Steve On 2 December 2014 at 22:55, Frank Bulk (iname.com) via Outages < outages@outages.org> wrote:
Confirmed here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/02/seamewe_3_submarine_cable_reports_ou...
Frank
*From:* v6ops [mailto:v6ops-bounces@ietf.org] *On Behalf Of *George Michaelson *Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2014 4:06 PM *To:* John Mann *Cc:* v6ops@ietf.org WG *Subject:* Re: [v6ops] Bar BoF on a 6to4 replacement?
And.. we just lost SEA-ME-WE3. So there is no direct to SG and there won't be for > 2mo judging by the last delay (Indon doesn't like cable ships operating without a licence)
HK? Its reached via Japan. Japan? its reached via Hawaii, Guam, or LA.
So these apparent optimal routes by ASN, are sometimes significantly less optimal.
I stand by my words: Tunnels are a mechanism which foist unexpected RTT outcomes.
-G
<snip>
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