Fiber optic cable cut

France Telecom just reported that 3 major underwater cables were cut: “Sea Me We 4” at 7:28am, “Sea Me We3” at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear. One suspicion is a ship anchor. But what is amazing is the amount of damage, check out the loss of service:

* Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service
* Djibouti: 71% out of service
* Egypt: 52% out of service
* United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service
* India: 82% out of service
* Lebanon: 16% out of service
* Malaysia: 42% out of service
* Maldives: 100% out of service
* Pakistan: 51% out of service
* Qatar: 73% out of service
* Syria: 36% out of service
* Taiwan: 39% out of service
* Yemen: 38% out of service
* Zambia: 62% out of service

France Telecom deployed a maintenance boat, the “Raymond Croze”, to investigate and do repairs. Part of disaster recovery is triage and France Telecom's priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then the Sea Me We3. By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the situation should be back to normal. This is certainly going to cause me to look at my business impact analysis.

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