West Africa Cable System (WACS): 0.87× baseline latency
What we measured
| Cable | West Africa Cable System (WACS) |
| Segment | Yzerfontein, ZA → Seixal, PT |
| Detected | 2026-07-26 15:02 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-07-26 17:31 UTC |
| Duration | 2h 29m |
| Observed latency | 149.2 ms |
| Baseline | 172.1 ms · 0.87× |
| Increase | +118% |
| Severity | warning |
Path analysis
Traffic kept the same route. Latency rose without a visible path change, which points at congestion or a fault on the existing route rather than a reroute.
Cross-probe verdict. Only one probe saw it. We treat this as a probable false positive and label it as such.
Timeline
- Alert 2026072601: warning — ratio 2.18x
- Alert #158 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #158 improving: 2/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #158 resolved: RTT 149.16ms (baseline 172.08ms), 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.