{"id":49584,"date":"2022-06-07T12:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insiderpaper.com\/?p=49584"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:10:56","slug":"internet-slow-pakistan-somalia-djibouti-and-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insiderpaper.com\/internet-slow-pakistan-somalia-djibouti-and-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet slow? You’re not alone, issue reported in multiple countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan, Somalia, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia are among the countries facing slow internet today<\/a>. Experts say a submarine cable outage is impacting the internet connectivity in several nations.<\/p>\n

Internet slow in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and other countries<\/h3>\n

“AAE-1 submarine cable outage impacting Internet connectivity in numerous countries in East Africa, Middle East and S. Asia,” said<\/a> Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at a network observability company Kentic.<\/p>\n

According to Madory, “Pakistan, Somalia, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia are among the affected countries.”<\/p>\n

NetBlocks also observed internet disruption and outage in parts of Asia and Africa. The company said following in a tweet:<\/p>\n

“Confirmed: Real-time network data show disruptions to internet connectivity in multiple countries, with high impact observed in parts of Asia and Africa; the outages are consistent with a disruption to international transits; incident ongoing.”<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the internet service providers in Pakistan shared this alert with the users:<\/p>\n

“This is to inform you that we are experiencing Slow speed\/Service degradation issue from upstream provider. We are in coordination with upstream provider, we will further update you as received.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Another ISP said:<\/p>\n

“It is apprised that Some of our Upstream links are under outage as there is a dual cut in AAE-1 in Egypt. Customer may face service degradation on some destinations including WhatsApp and FB. Will keep you updated further on it accordingly.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2139\ufe0f Confirmed: Real-time network data show disruptions to internet connectivity in multiple countries, with high impact observed in parts of Asia and Africa; the outages are consistent with a disruption to international transits; incident ongoing \ud83d\udcc9 pic.twitter.com\/zS2T4YPKeo<\/a><\/p>\n

— NetBlocks (@netblocks) June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n