Slow internet speed likely on Friday
Sun Online Desk
24th May, 2021 01:29:21
Internet service across the country is likely to be slow for around eight hours on Friday as the authorities will transfer the connection of an underground route to another.
The alternative route has been set up due to road development work from the Cox’s Bazar landing station of SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable to its beach manhole, according to Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL).
The route replacement of the first submarine cable will be done from 2:30pm to 10:00pm on Friday. The service of this cable will remain completely closed during this time, added the release.
Internet service across the country is likely to be slow for around eight hours on Friday, according to Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL). Users may face temporary disruption of internet services due to maintenance work of the country's first submarine cable SEA-ME-WE-4. The existing underground cable route will be replaced by a new route, according to a BSCCL
To cater to the growing demand, the government has decided to go forward with the plan to join a third submarine cable. This submarine cable, third of its kind, will be fully functional by 2024 and will be added around 7200 Gbps of Bandwidth to the national information infrastructure.
Around the same time, the country s first submarine cable network is expected to be decommissioned. Built around 2005 and commissioned in 2006, SEA-ME-WE 4 is the first submarine fibre optic cable Bangladesh got connected to. Being the sole Backbone of the nation s internet connectivity, any interruption in service meant the entire nation had to suffer.
According to industry insiders, standard long route submarine fibre optic cable has a life expectancy of a 10 - 15 years. After that maintenance becomes costly and frequent. Bangladesh s first fibre submarine cable is already on its 15th year now. Human errors such as anchorage of seabound ships on the cable have resulted in some damage to the fir