QUOTE(petpenyubobo @ Apr 27 2024, 03:05 PM)
Yup, too risky to be over reliant on the useless India-Middle East war trouble makers.
80% dependent on them to reach Europe? That's a bit far fetch and pose serious risks in the event of war emergencies to trust them totally.
It's time to reconsider the security and risks for over dependence on them to reach Europe with this case as a serious lesson to learn from.
Shanghai/Hangzhou which is way at the Far East also can reach Amsterdam on the other end of Europe under 200ms malu only weh for ASEAN region being played out by both by Middle East and India.
Russia and Central Asia is now proven to be more reliable and dependable as an alternate route.
One example is the RETN TransKZ land based cabling network.
TEA-Trans East Asia Europe Terrestrial Cable
As mentioned by
blacktubi, AAE-1 and SMW-5 serve as the main undersea cables connecting Asia to Europe these days. There are other cables available but they're much older and suffer from capacity limitations. Additionally, some of old cables are currently experiencing problems and are offline.
RETN may have capacity on those cable (which I won't confirm or deny), but this capacity alone may not meet all demand. And IP transit is considered a basic service, and any available capacity, now considered premium, would likely prioritize managed customers such as business VPN services.