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Incident report · 2026072601

West Africa Cable System (WACS): 0.87× baseline latency

Resolved · 2h 29m

What we measured

CableWest Africa Cable System (WACS)
SegmentYzerfontein, ZA → Seixal, PT
Detected2026-07-26 15:02 UTC
Resolved2026-07-26 17:31 UTC
Duration2h 29m
Observed latency149.2 ms
Baseline172.1 ms · 0.87×
Increase+118%
Severitywarning

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

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.

How to cite

GeoCables (2026). Incident 2026072601: West Africa Cable System (WACS). https://geocables.com/incident/2026072601

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