ropg@ooc.uva.nl (Rop Gonggrijp) (11/05/90)
In another newsgroup someone wrote about a delay in the news and someone else explained that this was because the TAT-8 had broken and there were some delays as the internet was being rerouted over satellites. What is true of this story, and why didn't anybody bring it up here? (or was it up here but was I unable to get it because............) Rop Gonggrijp (ropg@ooc.uva.nl) is also editor of Hack-Tic (hack/phreak mag.) Postbus 22953 (in DUTCH) 1100 DL AMSTERDAM tel: +31 20 6001480 [Moderator's Note: Quite honestly, I had not heard about it. Had there been something mentioned, I'd have put the item to the front of the queue immediatly. Has anyone else heard anything on this? PAT]
ebersman@uunet.uu.net (Paul Ebersman) (11/05/90)
We were told by MCI that a power station in the UK was out, making the
cable unusable. They rerouted to satellite to get around this.
This cable carried the link from EUNET to the Internet via Alternet
and also the link from NORDUNET to the US (through NEARNET??).
Therefore, most European traffic to the US is running much slower.
We haven't heard any uptime on this. It has been on satellite since
last Tuesday.
Paul A. Ebersman @ UUNET Communications
uunet!ebersman or ebersman@uunet.uu.netebersman@uunet.uu.net (Paul Ebersman) (11/07/90)
Latest word on the TAT-8 cable is that it is not a power station as
was originally thought, but a problem in an underwater repeater
station. The ship is now onsite, but there is no firm uptime for the
cable yet.
Apparently the PTAT is also down between the UK and Belgium, which is
why certain links are on satellite.
Paul A. Ebersman @ UUNET Communications
uunet!ebersman or ebersman@uunet.uu.netKauto.Huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LFM) (11/07/90)
> In another newsgroup someone wrote about a delay in the news and > someone else explained that this was because the TAT-8 had broken and > [Moderator's Note: Quite honestly, I had not heard about it. Had there > been something mentioned, I'd have put the item to the front of the > queue immediatly. Has anyone else heard anything on this? PAT] If I have understood it right, there was a repeater problem at the stateside end of TAT-8. The Internet connections to Europe were indeed routed to sateillite links. I haven't read about any service return to TAT-8 connection. Because there hasn't been any great fuss about the failure, maybe just one fibre repeater has broken and only data traffic has been in it? Kauto Huopio (huopio@kannel.lut.fi) *US Mail: Kauto Huopio, Punkkerikatu 1 A 10, SF-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland *
dfk@mcsun.eu.net (Daniel Karrenberg) (11/07/90)
The latest word from MCI Europe about this is that one of the repeaters is damaged. A ship is on location but weather is too bad to begin working on it. Daniel Karrenberg Future Net: <dfk@cwi.nl> CWI, Amsterdam Oldie Net: mcsun!dfk The Netherlands Because It's There Net: DFK@MCVAX