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Problems with an unnamed submarine cable are hitting in unexpected places: Apple iPhone users on the Telstra network are reporting catastrophically-slow performance downloading updates. The issue seems almost certainly to stem from a combination of where Apple mirrors content it's delivering to Australians (Vulture South's bet …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    SEA-ME-WE3

    Various ISPs are all reporting that the cable has been cut and a ship has been dispatched to fix it. Not sure why there's any secrecy surrounding it. Ping times and trace routes make it ridiculously clear what has happened.

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  2. Kernel

    They mightn't be saying

    but it's likely the segment between Perth and the branching unit out from Jakarta - if it was from Jakarta to Tuas I'd expect more than just Telstra customers screaming.

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    1. Yes Me Silver badge
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      Re: They mightn't be saying

      It's alleged to be SeaMeWe3 cut between Singapore and Perth and it's alleged that Telstra had their traffic shaping and/or backup set up wrong... much Twittermud being slung...

      https://twitter.com/GordyPls/status/649534992633208832

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