BCS North - Phase 2: 0.86× baseline latency
What we measured
| Cable | BCS North - Phase 2 |
| Segment | Helsinki, FI → Logi, RU |
| Detected | 2026-05-07 23:01 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-05-08 05:30 UTC |
| Duration | 6h 29m |
| Observed latency | 79.7 ms |
| Baseline | 92.2 ms · 0.86× |
| Increase | +100% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where BCS North - Phase 2 comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 15 cables (7% of submarine diversity) | Baltic Sea Submarine Cable, BCS North - Phase 1, Botnia +11 more | no measurement today; median 55 ms over 30 days (10 routes) |
| Russia resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 13 cables (8% of submarine diversity) | Energy Bridge Cable, Far East Submarine Cable System, Georgia-Russia +9 more | median 124 ms today vs 79 ms over 30 days (213 routes) - slower |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
Traffic changed route while latency was elevated. A reroute of this kind usually follows a fault somewhere on the original path.
Cross-probe verdict. Our own cross-check concluded this was an operator reroute, not a cable fault. We publish it anyway, labelled as such.
Timeline
- Alert 2026050703: warning - ratio 2.16x
- Alert #112 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #112 improving: 2/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #112 resolved: RTT 79.65ms (baseline 92.2ms), 3 consecutive OK
Detection method
Latency is sampled continuously from our probe network. An alert opens when round-trip time to a monitored endpoint holds above its rolling baseline, and closes automatically once it returns. Full method is described on the methodology page.