Internet connections in India affected due to Undersea Cable Repair

The cable system – SEA-ME-WE 4 (South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4) connects South East Asia with Europe via India and the Middle East and recently this cable has been cut from three spots.

Being so important international channel, it has to be repaired as soon as possible for which thee Indian internet connections have to suffer with a slow speed.

This repair work is expected to last long for at least 4 days four days. The SEA-ME-WE 4 is an international sub-marine cable connecting 16 companies world wide including Airtel and Tata Communications.

Earlier in Jan 2008 also the country had to face the same problem that lost 50 to 60 per cent of Internet bandwidth for the Indian connections.