Submarine cable incident record

West Africa cable incident — Confirmed — 2023-08-17

Event ID evt_hist_e6b06b2cf176b0b7 ·

WIOCC confirmed damage to WACS, SAT-3 and ACE and restored affected clients via Equiano capacity.

Confirmed

Public classification
Confirmed
Affected cable or system
Confirmed regional incident; no cable was deterministically attributed
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

  1. the WACS, SAT-3 and ACE subsea cables have been damaged, disrupting the services of many Southern African connectivity providers. subtelforum.com · 2023-08-17T16:59:53.000Z

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.

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