Damage to the BSC East-West Interlink caused increased delay on 20% of measured internet routes between Sweden and Lithuania, while C-Lion1 outages affected 30% of routes between Finland and Germany. The increase in latency ranged from 5 to 20 milliseconds. In particular, no significant packet loss was detected in any cases.
Experts say that the results obtained show the reliability of the region’s Internet infrastructure backup; It states that traffic is effectively routed to prevent malfunctions. This flexibility is due to the availability of spare capacity and alternative routing mechanisms. However, concerns remain about possible cascading failures if other cables are damaged.
Source: Ferra
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