Microsoft Azure customers experienced measurable performance degradation after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer, often congested detours and exposing persistent structural vulnerabilities in the global internet backbone. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced measurable performance degradation after multiple undersea fiber‑optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and producing higher‑than‑normal latency for customers whose data traversed the affected Middle East corridor...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced measurable slowdowns after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut on 6 September 2025, forcing traffic onto longer, congested detours and prompting Microsoft to reroute and rebalance traffic while carriers and cable operators plan...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud experienced noticeable performance disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic onto longer detours and generating higher-than-normal latency for customers whose data traverses the Middle East corridor — Microsoft’s...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud showed fresh fragility this weekend after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer detours and causing higher-than-normal latency for customers whose traffic traverses the Middle East corridor. (reuters.com)
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Microsoft has warned that users of its Azure cloud may see higher-than-normal latency and intermittent disruptions after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were cut, forcing traffic onto longer alternate routes while repair work and global rerouting continue. (reuters.com)...
Microsoft confirmed that parts of its Azure cloud experienced increased latency and routing disruption after multiple undersea fiber-optic cables in the Red Sea were damaged, forcing traffic to be rerouted through longer, less direct paths and raising fresh questions about the fragility of...
The same wars that leave cities and monuments in ruins also reverberate through the world’s invisible networks — from ancient colonnades laced with unexploded ordnance to the undersea fiber arteries that carry cloud services — exposing how fragile both culture and commerce have become in the age...
