Fiber optic cable cut in the Red Sea: Microsoft Azure delays possible
Cut submarine cables can currently cause slower connections with Azure. Repairing the cables could still take some time.
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Due to severed network cables in the Red Sea, Microsoft's Azure cloud service is currently experiencing increased latency. The problems have existed since Sunday night. Only data traffic that flows through the Middle East and starts or ends in Europe or Asia is affected. While Microsoft is rerouting affected connections, repairs are underway. However, these could take longer.
Microsoft announced this on its overview page for Azure problems on Sunday night. At midday on Sunday (as of 1 p.m.), the company continued to inform users here that slower connections could occur.
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The Red Sea is an important telecommunications route, where the undersea cables that connect Europe with Asia and Africa run. The Houthi rebels are also present in the area and attack ships there. This could also make it difficult to repair the cables.
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