Backbone link between our Chicago and Newark datacenters Sunday 5th July 2020 - 15:02


At this moment we are experiencing problems with: Backbone link between our Chicago and Newark datacenters

The cause of the incident is currently: Fiber cut caused by installation work for new utility poles.

We have taken the following actions to resolve the incident: We are currently monitoring the situation and have reached out to our vendor for more information.

Estimated time of repair: Unknown

Impact: Some users may experience higher latency when connecting to our Chicago datacenter.

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The link is back up.

The fiber cut has been located. The repair crew is expected to get access to the fiber cut to start work on restoring the link at around 21:00 UTC.