Microsoft Outage | Strengths and weaknesses of fibre-optic cables that went down: Jan Vermeulen

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Microsoft Outage | Strengths and weaknesses of fibre-optic cables that went down: Jan Vermeulen


Leading computer software company Microsoft, is currently grappling with technical issues that have disrupted services for millions of users, particularly in South Africa, the United Kingdom, and India.

Users in these regions have reported difficulties accessing various Microsoft services, prompting the company to launch an investigation into…

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6 Comments

  1. Aowa news anchor! It's in the word. Fiber optics transfer digital information using light. Did you really thing vaarbs was gonna do it?

  2. On my broadband i got called a conspiracy theorist for asking the same question. Why we are reliant on peering companies and why they control local traffic. AWS, Cloudflair and the likes need to be taken to task and not allowed to manipulate local traffic.

  3. Resolve: upgrade to China Beido direct SATT connection (without cables) worldwide
    Cellphone and matebooks. CHINA SATT enabled cellphones and matebooks:
    China most advanced. Worldwide enabled. Competitor to USA GPS, EU Galileo, Russia Glonass

    The cables that "broke" were probably EU Galileo or USA GPS cables which means that internet via China satt will not be affected… it's already in SA.

  4. Reduce your single point failures as much as possible. If fibre is your single point failure, then I'd say you have been relying too much on cloud computing.