By The Daily Star
October 10, 2017

Internet users are likely to face disruption in services in mid-October due to maintenance work of a primary submarine cable across the Bay of Bengal.

Maintenance work will begin on October 16 and continue for three days when the cable will remain shut, said Monwar Hossain, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL).

According to him, “some internet disruption” may occur as a second cable launched last month of 1,500 Gbps bandwidth capacity will be used alternatively.

Read more…