Disruptions in Internet services until May 2(TMNet)
Repairs to a fault in the submarine cable network linking Malaysia to Europe and the United States is expected to cause disruptions in nationwide Internet services from Saturday until May 2.
However, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), in a statement here Friday, said it was taking active steps to minimise disruptions by adding additional links on other routes and coordinating with other international carriers to provide additional bandwidth for its customers.
“Despite these initiatives, customers using Internet services nationwide may experience some degree of service degradation, such as slow browsing while accessing international websites.
Source: theStar
Edit: May 1 2010:Telekom Malaysia Berhad ™ is pleased to inform its customers that the repair works on the Southeast Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine cable network between Palermo (Southern Italy) and Alexandria (Northern Egypt) linking Internet traffic from Malaysia to Europe and the United States (US), have now been fully completed.
TM has already recovered its bandwidth capacity for Internet traffic to Europe and the US to-date. TM Internet services have resumed normal operations since Friday, 30 April 2010. Therefore, all international links have been fully restored and our services have resumed back to normal.