Internet supply into Nigeria disrupted

A submarine cable cut affects one of Nigeria's major internet gateways

Customers of ipNX, an Internet Service Provider in Nigeria, have experienced a disruption of their Internet supply caused by a submarine cable cut from one of Nigeria’s major Internet gateways, Glo-1.

This disruption will affect Internet access across the country as South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3) service, provided by the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and offered to end users by 21st Century Technologies, is also affected.

Conglomerates including Total, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, all the banks and several blue chip companies including telecommunications giants, MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Direct on PC (a broad band internet service provider) Multi Links Telkom and a few others use SAT-3 link.

The incident occurred on July 8, 2012 in the Atlantic ocean, 9km off the Nigerian coastline. Repairs on this cable are estimated to take about 16 days (from July .

Some Service Providers have routed to other sources of international Internet capacities and have continued to provide services, but have however mentioned that at certain times of the day, Internet download speeds may not be as fast as customers might hitherto be used to.

Ileke-IdI:
We are on top of the situation. By the end of June, internet supply disruption will cease to exist.

Ileke-IdI:
We are on top of the situation. By the end of June, internet supply disruption will cease to exist.

nne3870: mimicking mr president abi?

mukina2:

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/internet-supply-nigeria-disrupted

Previously on Nairaland:
- www.nairaland.com/985354/glo-internet-network-stopped-working
- www.nairaland.com/985926/total-internet-blackout-glo-network

kindabigg: I am absolutely disappointed by some comments on this forum. We need to start thinking before we post.

Globacom Launches US$600m Submarine Telecom Cable
Tue, Nov 2nd, 2010

NIGERIA’S second national telecom carrier Globacom has formally launched its undersea cable known as Glo-1 which cost US$600 million (about N90 billion).
Telecom experts in Nigeria agree that the launch of Glo-1 would further increase bandwidth usage in the West African country and also reduce costs considerably. Glo-1 brings to three the number of submarine fibre cables in Nigeria, the other two being MainOne Cable owned by MainOne Cable Company Ltd, and SAT-3 owned by the Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) Plc.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2010/11/globacom-launches-us600m-submarine-telecom-cable/

amosy007:
must u criticize always?

Post ur own lets hear whatchu wana say

kindabigg: I am absolutely disappointed by some comments on this forum. We need to start thinking before we post.

Sisi_Kill:

And after all ya thinking thoughts. . . this is what you came up with?

Talk about disappointing!!

otokx: How is it that a cable buried thousands of kilometers under water gets cut every other month now? Do people or perhaps aliens go there to cut it?

kindabigg:

Do I know you?

zaibatsu:

Could be that a vessel dropped anchor and damaged the cable. My opinion though.

kindabigg:

Do I know you?

amosy007:
how dumb can sum1 be?
Asking do i knw u in public forum. *smh*

kindabigg:

Do I know you? "thinking thoughts"?

Awkward moment.