Submarine cable cut disrupts internet

Internet connection in Bangladesh has been experiencing serious disruption as a submarine cable has been severed near Singapore.

Authorities concerned said on Wednesday that it would take three to four days to repair the connection.

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company's (BSCCL) Cox's Bazar Landing Station Deputy General Manager Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain told bdnews24.com that the east segment of the submarine cable, some 56 kilometres away from Singapore, had been cut.

"We're supplying bandwidth through the west segment now," he said.

Currently, Bangladesh is using only one submarine cable. But India, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia who also face the same debacle are coping with the internet traffic pressure through their alternative connections.

The submarine cable system, with which Bangladesh is currently connected, is a high capacity optical fibre Submarine Cable System linking 16 companies of 14 countries. It is called the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe- 4 (SEA-ME-WE-4) cable network and is under an International Consortium.
Bangladesh is expected to connect with the SEA-ME-WE-5 by 2014.

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