Submarine cable incident record
Mainone — Confirmed — 2024-03-14
Breaks affecting WACS, MainOne, SAT3 and ACE reduced West African capacity serving South Africa.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Mainone
- Affected countries
- South Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Physical fault confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.