Around 50% to 60% of our internet users across the country have been affected by this, he said. Contacted, Mashiur Rahman, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company said: “SEA-ME-WE-5 has the capacity of supplying 1,500Gbps worth of internet to the country but power supply to the cable has been disrupted. Bangladesh was connected to the first submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE-4, in 2005, through which it receives up to 250 Gbps of bandwidth. Later in September 2017, the landing station of the second submarine cable, SEA-ME-WE-5, was set up in Patuakhali’s Kalapara. Through the second cable, Bangladesh is said to receive 1,500 Gbps worth of internet.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 09, 2020 11:26 UTC