The Indian Ocean fiber-optic cable

Its now roughly One Month and Two weeks since it was reported According to the BBC, a ship dropped anchor in a restricted area (now they know why) off the coast of Kenya while waiting to enter the heavily-trafficked port in Mombasa. The fiber-optic cables belonged to one of East Africa’s three Internet service providers The East African Marine Systems (TEAMS). To help maintain some form of web access to its users, Teams has purchased a small amount of bandwidth from Seacom, so its users aren’t cut off completely. But traffic has apparently slowed to a crawl in Kenya, Rwanda, Burund, Tanzania, and Ethiopia — said to be cut by 20 percent — hardly enough to support viewing YouTube videos.
“Sadly, this reveals how fragile the physical infrastructure for Africa’s internet access is. Am Wondering How in the World did the break happened despite the fiber optic cable being guarded by a steel housing. The cable’s armor is usually made up of galvanized steel wires that wrap around the delicate interior of the cables, all of which is coated in a water-blocking compound. The fiber optics can also be placed in a steel tube, depending on the level of protection needed and the manufacturer of the cabling.
The repairs were said to take up to 14 weeks. Until then, we had to live with limited access. But not to worry I know they are finding ways to curb this mistakes… And the good thing is it was fixed and things are up and running now…