Current System Status

30 July, 2011 - 11:50 A.M. - Our network was disrupted today for approximately 50 minutes due to a failure of our secondary power systems. We sincerely regret the inconvenience cause

20 July, 2011 - 10:55 P.M. - Our network will be disrupted on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 8:00 A.M. We have scheduled a maintenance window of 24 hrs during which our network operating center will be moved to our new location. We regret that internet access will not be available while this exercise is ongoing.

2 June, 2011 - 11:-7 A.M. - Our network was disrupted today for approximately 10 minutes due to a failure of our primary and secondary power systems. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused.

1 June, 2010 - 9:30 A.M. - GT&T has scheduled a maintenance window at 1:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 2, 2010. This is necessary to complete ongoing changes to their network. The estimated time for restoration is 2 hours. During this period, response time from services on the internet will be adversely affected.

10 May, 2010 - 11:20 A.M. - Network restored to operational state.

10 May, 2010 - 9:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

6 May, 2010 - 10:00 P.M. - The network is presently in operational condition.

6 May, 2010 - 4:17 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

16 March, 2010 - 11:10 A.M. - The network is presently in operational condition.

16 March, 2010 - 10:08 A.M. - There is a network disruption at this time affecting internet access over the Americas II network. GT&T engineering is working with their upstream provider to resolve this issue. Regrettably, response time from services on the internet will be adversely affected. We will be posting updates on this situation as information becomes available.

14 March, 2010 - 8:20 A.M. - The Americas II fiber network is disrupted today for emergency maintenance. The estimated time for restoration is 2 hours. During this period, response time from services on the internet will be adversely affected.

6 March, 2010 - 5:50 P.M. - Network restored to normal condition.

6 March, 2010 - 2:30 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. GT&T is currently working with their upstream provider to resolve this issue. This will affect access to all services on the internet. We will post more information as soon as details become available.

4 March, 2010 - 1:30 P.M. - Network is restored to operational state.

4 March, 2010 - 9:40 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

01 March, 2010 - 8:50 A.M. - There is a network disruption affecting service over the Americas II fiber network. Most services are likely to be slowed or will respond with timeouts. GT&T is currently working on a resolution.

21 February, 2010 - 8:10 A.M. - There is a network disruption affecting traffic over the Americas II fiber network. We do not have specific details at this moment. However, this will severely affect access to services on the internet.

26 January, 2010 - 8:00 P.M.- Network is restored to operational state.

26 January, 2010 - 3:15 P.M. - GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in Moengo, Suriname. No time estimate for restoration of service is as yet available. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available.

26 January, 2010 - 8:50 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

12 January, 2010 - 5:30 P.M. - Network is restored to operational state.

12 January, 2010 - 4:30 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available.

16 December, 2009 - 8:00 P.M.- Network is restored to operational state.

16 December, 2009 - 5:00 P.M.- GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in Massiah, Berbice. No time estimate for restoration of service is as yet available. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available.

16 December, 2009 - 2:00 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

8 December, 2009 - 5:40 P.M.- Network restored to operational condition.

8 December, 2009 - 11:00 A.M.- GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. No time estimate for restoration of service is as yet available. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available.

8 December, 2009 - 10:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

25 September, 2009 - 14:00 P.M. - The network is restored to operational state.

25 September, 2009 - 9:55 A.M. - GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in Berbice. At this time, we have no estimated time for restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

25 September, 2009 - 9:15 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

8 September, 2009 - 8:35 P.M. - The network is restored to operational state.

8 September, 2009 - 8:20 P.M. - The network is not yet restored. No new estimate for restoration of service has been issued as yet. Please revisit system status for a revised posting.

8 September, 2009 - 16:40 P.M. - GT&T has indicated that French Telcom new expected time of restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network, is around 20:00 hrs.

8 September, 2009 - 15:30 P.M. - GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. French Telcom expected time of restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network, is around 17:30 hrs.

8 September, 2009 - 13:15 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

26 August, 2009 - 19:20 P.M. - Service restored.

26 August, 2009 - 12:20 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

15 July, 2009 - 16:00 P.M. - Service restored.

15 July, 2009 - 13:30 P.M. - GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. French Telcom expected time of restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network, is around 16:00 hrs.

15 July, 2009 - 8:40 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

4 July, 2009 - 1:10 P.M. - Service restored.

4 July, 2009 - 12:40 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

03 July, 2009 - 10:40 P.M. - Service restored. A cable rupture was repaired in Suriname.

3 July, 2009 - 3:20 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

18 June, 2009 - 4:00 P.M. - Service restored.

18 June, 2009 - 13:30 P.M. - GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. French Telcom expected time of restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network, is around 16:00 hrs.

18 June, 2009 - 8:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

11 June, 2009 - 3:00 P.M. - Service restored.

11 June, 2009 - 10:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

29 May, 2009 - 12:41 P.M. - GT&T is currently undertaking maintenance on their internet infrastructure. Services are operational but may be degraded. We do not have an estimate for completion of this activity. Please revisit for an updated posting.

29 May, 2009 - 11:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

26 May, 2009 - 09:05 P.M - Network restored to operational condition.

26 May, 2009 - 6:05 P.M. - The national fiber network is disrupted at this time. All internet traffic is affected. The telephone company has dispatched a repair crew to the site. We will post updates on this situation as details become available. Please revisit system status for an update.

22 May, 2009 - 7:40 P.M - Network restored to operational condition.

22 May, 2009 - 6:11 P.M - The national fiber network is disrupted at this moment. All internet traffic is currently affected by this break in service.  We have no further details at this time and an estimate for restoration is not yet available. Please revisit for further updates. We will post further advisories as soon as more information becomes available.

22 May, 2009 - 4:30 P.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

27 April, 2009 - 17:30 P.M. - Service restored.

27 April, 2009 - 11:30 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

11 February, 2009 - 10:45 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

7 February, 2009 - 2:40 P.M. - Service via the Americas II cable network was restored to operational condition at approximately 2:20 P.M.

7 February, 2009 - 9:30 A.M. - A transmission issue has been identified in Suriname. Engineers from Suriname Telcom are currently working to restore service to the network. No time estimate for restoration of service is as yet available. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available.

7 February, 2009 - 7:40 A.M. - There are transmission issues across the Americas II fiber network at this time. This will affect all services on the internet.  We are awaiting on further details from GT&T. Please revisit for updates.

5 February, 2009 - 10:00 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

17 December, 2008 - 5:52 P.M - GT&Ts has revised their current block on VoIP calls. Well established VoIPs services such as Net2phone and Mediaring are now allowed on dial up networks. These services remain blocked on DSL broadband. The current network policy has been reverted to a pre-December 2nd state. We expect all previously blocked applications to be fully functional on dial up networks. An updated advisory will be posted after all well known applications have been tested.

04 December, 2008 - 5:02 P.M - GT&Ts current block on VOIP calls has not been revised. Our technical department has successfully tested some mainstream PC to PC applications including yahoo messenger, msn messenger and skype, which are not included on the GT&T's blocked list. These applications are working. Well established PC to phone applications such as Net2phone and Mediaring remain blocked and do not work.

03 December, 2008 - 11:58 A.M - GT&T has advised that the current network policy on VOIP calls is similar to the current policy for DSL. All VOIP applications are explicitly blocked. Peer-to-peer messenger services are not explicitly blocked. Blocked services are disallowed intransit when the traffic traverses GT&T's data platform. At this time, we are trying to secure more details from GT&T on the motivation for the current policy on VOIP calls and whether the policy might be rescinded.

02 December, 2008 - 06:12 P.M - GT&T has advised that the network policy on VOIP calls should not affect peer-to-peer messenger applications. The policy is intended to disallow calls to international numbers.

02 December, 2008 - 04:45 P.M. - GT&T has blocked all VOIP traffic on their network as of 15:00hrs today. We have been advised that the network policy was implemented based on a GRA policy on lost revenue from VOIP calls. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

25 November, 2008 - 05:30 P.M. - Service restored.

25 November, 2008 - 02:30 P.M. - GT&T's engineers have indicated that a cable rupture was located at Enmore.They are currently working on restoring service, but no estimates are available at this time. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

25 November, 2008 - 12:00 P.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

21 November, 2008 - 11:35 A.M.- Our network center is severely affected by power issues. Internet services were disrupted from 9:20 A.M. to 11:15 A.M. At this moment, our backup systems are not yet restored to operational status. Our sincerest regrets for this break in service. All network services are currently operational.

20 November, 2008 - 02:00 P.M. - Service restored.

20 November, 2008 - 12:00 P.M.- GT&T has indicated that the fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. French Telcom expected time of restoration of service on the Americas II fiber network, is around 15:00 hrs.

20 November, 2008 - 09:45 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

13 November, 2008 - 14:20 P.M. - Fiber network restored to operational condition.

13 November, 2008 - 09:00 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. GT&T's engineers have indicated that the fault is outside Guyana. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

09 November, 2008 - 01:00 P.M. - There is an ongoing transmission issue affecting all traffic over the Americas II fiber network.  As a result, response time for services on the internet is affected. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

03 November, 2008 - 05:00 P.M. - There is an ongoing transmission issue affecting all traffic over the Americas II fiber network.  As a result, response time for services on the internet is affected. GT&T's engineers have indicated that the fault is outside Guyana. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

12 October, 2008 - 1:00 P.M. - Service restored.

12 October, 2008 - 12:00 P.M. - There was a network disruption this morning due to faulty power. As a result all internet services were affected between 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused. At the moment we are currently running on backup power.

08 October, 2008 - 03:00 P.M. - Service restored.

08 October, 2008 - 12:05 P.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

15 September 2008 - 10:45 A.M. - Service restored.

15 September 2008 - 10:00 A.M. - There is a transmission issue affecting all traffic over the Americas II fiber network.  All services are affected. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

22 August 2008 05:00 P.M. - Service restored.

22 August 2008 09:13 A.M. - Transmission issues over the Americas II fiber network continue to affect internet access outside of Guyana. All services on the internet are affected by degraded performance. Services including browsing, e-mail and chat will experience delays or timeouts.

22 August 2008 07:21 A.M. - The Americas II fiber network is currently disrupted, affecting all internet traffic out of Guyana. We have no further details on the cause nor expected restoration at this time. Another update will be posted as soon as details become available. Please revisit our status page.

21 August 2008 09:30 P.M. - There is a network issue affecting internet traffic across the Americas II fiber system at the present time. We have no more details as yet. Please revisit our status page for updates.

4 August 2008 05:30 P.M. - GT&T has scheduled a maintenance window at 6:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 5, 2008. Regrettably, this will disrupt internet access for approximately 3 hours.

20 June, 2008 - 03:30 P.M - Service restored.

20 June, 2008 - 10:00 A.M. - There is a transmission issue affecting all traffic over the Americas II fiber network.  All services are affected. GT&T's engineers have indicated that the fault is outside Guyana. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

19 June, 2008 - 02:30 P.M - Service restored.

18 June, 2008 - 06:00 P.M. - A fiber breach has been located on the West Coast of Berbice. GT&T's engineers are currently effecting repairs to the damaged segment of cable but no estimate has been issued for restoration of service. As a consequence you may experience response time issues. Regrettably, all services on the internet are affected. Please revisit this page for updates on this situation.

18 June, 2008 - 03:30 P.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

29 February, 2008 - 8:30 A.M. - Service restored.

28 February, 2008 - 05:20 P.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. Some services are available via satellite, but you may experience response time issues. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

28 February, 2008 - 03:45 P.M. - GT&T's engineers have indicated that a cable rupture was located between Whim and Adventure, Berbice. They are currently working on restoring service, but no estimates are available at this time. Any new updates on this situation will be posted, as the details become available.

28 February, 2008 - 09:56 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

16 January 2008 09:00 A.M. - GT&T has scheduled a maintenance window at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, January 16, 2008. Regrettably, this will disrupt internet access for approximately 1 hour.

23 November 2007 4:10 P.M. - Service restored.

23 November 2007 2:11 P.M. - A fiber rupture has been located in French Guiana. French Telcom engineers are working on this problem but have not announced an estimate for restoration of service. Further updates on this situation will be posted here as details become available.

23 November 2007 12:15 P.M. - There is a disruption of service on the Americas II fiber network at this time. Please revisit this page for updates on this situation.

09 October 2007 10:35 A.M. - Service restored.

09 October 2007 9:23 A.M. GT&T's engineers have identified this disruption is due to power problems at one of the relay stations in Suriname. At this time, we have no further details on the expected restoration time. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

09 October 2007 6:55 A.M. - Service over the Americas II fiber network is currently disrupted. Please revisit this page for updates on this situation.

05 October 2007 6:55 P.M. - Network restored to operational condition.

05 October 2007 6:32 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time affecting traffic across the Americas II fiber network. Please revisit this page for an update.

27 September 2007 1:20 A.M. - Service restored.

26 September 2007 9:48 P.M. - There is a transmission issue affecting all traffic over the Americas II fiber network.  All services are affected. GT&T's engineers have indicated that the fault is outside Guyana. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

23 September, 2007 09:00 A.M. - Service was restored at 12:15 A.M.

23 September 2007 - A transmission issue disrupted network traffic around 5:00 P.M this afternoon. All services are affected. GT&T's engineers have indicated that this is a problem outside Guyana. At this time, we have no further details nor expected restoration time. An update will be posted as soon as details become available.

16 September 2007 5:20 A.M. - Network restored to operational status.

16 September 2007 12:00 A.M. - We have scheduled a maintenance window from 12:00 A.M to 6:00 A.M., Sunday, September 16, 2007. This is necessary to complete ongoing changes to our network. Regrettably, we will not be able to provide internet access during this period. All services including browsing, e-mail and chat will be affected. Our apologies for the inconvenience this will cause but it is unavoidable. Please be assured that we are doing everything possible to minimise the outage. We will post any revisions or updates to this schedule here.

06 August 2007 6:00 A.M. - GT&T has scheduled a maintenance window at 6:00 A.M., Monday, August 6, 2007. This is a necessary  upgrade for routing service on their distribution network. Regrettably, this will disrupt internet access for approximately 1 hour.

13 July 2007 8:01 P.M. - Service restored. The fault was identified in Suriname.

13 July 2007 7:00 P.M. - There is a disruption of service on the Americas II fiber network at this time. We do not have the cause nor timeline for restoration of service just yet. Please revisit this page for an update.

02 July, 2007 10:53 P.M. - Service restored.

02 July, 200710:32 P.M. - Service is currently disrupted due to a route fault inside our upstream network. GT&T's engineers are currently working to restore service.

28 June, 2007 6:32 P.M. - Service restored to the fiber network at 3:45 P.M. Suriname Telcom replaced failed transmission equipment.

28 June, 2007 10:01 A.M. - A fault has been located in Moengro, Suriname. Suriname Telcom has not yet provided an estimate for restoration.

28 June, 2007 8:28 A.M. - Traffic via the Americas II cable system is currently disrupted. We do not yet know the cause of the disruption. Please revisit this page for updated status.

28 June, 2007 8:14 A.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. As soon as we have details, an update will be posted.

16 June, 2007 - 08:00 A.M. - Service restored

15 June, 2007 - 10:01 P.M. - There is an issue within our upstream network at this moment. GT&T engineers are working on a resolution.

15 June, 2007 - 11:21 A.M. - There is an issue with our backbone connectivity to GT&T. GT&T engineers expect to resolve this very shortly.

14 June, 2007 - 11:55 A.M. - There are transmission issues on the Americas II cable at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details from GT&T and will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

04 June, 2007 - 6:01 P.M. - Service restored.

04 June, 2007 - 5:51 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. We have no details just yet but it appears to be an issue inside GT&T's network.

23 May, 2007 - 7:50 A.M. - Service has been restored to the fiber network.

22 May, 2007 - 5:28 P.M. - French Telecom engineers are currently working to restore service to the fiber network. However, no timeline for restoration of service has been offered. We will continue to post updates as information becomes available on this situation.

21 May, 2007 - 10:30 P.M. - Service via the Americas II was interrupted this evening at 9:34 P.M. At the moment, we are operating at reduced capacity on available satellite connectivity. This will affect the response time for services on the internet. We have no further details on the cause of the interruption at this time. An update will be posted as soon as this information becomes available.

20 May, 2007 - 4:56 P.M. - Service has been restored to the Americas II fiber network. All services now functional.

11 May, 2007 - 4:43 P.M. - Network in operational status.

11 May, 2007 - 8:24 A.M. - Engineers are still working to restore service to the satellite network. We do not have a timeline for resolution at this moment.

10 May, 2007 - 6:28 P.M. - There are transmission issues on the satellite backbone at this time. This will affect all services. We are awaiting on further details. Please revisit for an update.

08 May, 2007 - 4:47 P.M. - The network is currently operational. Browsing, e-mail and chat are functional but may experience response time issues. Voice on internet protocol (VOIP), streaming audio, streaming video and conferencing services are not currently functional. This situation will change when additional backbone capacity becomes available.

08 May, 2007 - 12:47 P.M. - The redundant satellite link is now operable but our network backbone is still not at full capacity. This means some services on the internet will not work normally and you may experience response time issues. French Telcom has made a commitment to full resolution of the cable breach in approximately 3 weeks.

07 May, 2007 - 3:04 P.M. - Engineers are currently working on re-routing internet traffic. As soon as we have more details, another update will be posted.

07 May, 2007 - 9:37 A.M. - French Telcom has identified a fault on the submarine cable off French Guiana. No estimate for restoration of service is as yet available.

07 May, 2007 - 7:41 A.M. - No new updates. We will publish an update as soon as information becomes available.

06 May, 2007 - 5:21 P.M - There is no new information at this time. French Telcom is still working on rerouting internet traffic at this time.

06 May, 2007 - 10:00 A.M.- GT&T has advised that there is transmission issue in French Guiana. French Telcom engineers are currently working on a resolution but no estimates are available at this time. Any new updates on this situation will be posted, as the details become available.

06 May, 2007 - 8:01 A.M. - There is a network issue affecting all internet traffic transiting the Americas II Fiber system. This will affect access to all services on the internet. Please revisit for more information when details become available.

31 March, 2007 11:01 A.M. - GT&T has reported response time degradation with one of their service providers in the US. Transit traffic over their backbone is recording elevated response time and services on the internet are currently affected. As soon as we have more details on this issue, an update will be posted.

14 March, 2007 3:01 P.M - There is a network issue at this time affecting traffic transiting the Americas II fiber network. All services on the internet are affected. As soon as we have more details, an update will be posted.

12 March, 2007 4:20 P.M.- There is an ongoing transmission issue over the Americas II fiber network inside French Guiana. As a result, ressponse time for services on the internet is affected. French Telcom is currently working on full resolution of this issue. Any new updates on this situation will be posted, as the details become available.

12 March, 2007 12:20 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time affecting all traffic transitting the Americas II fiber network. This will severely affect internet access.  We will be posting an update as soon as more details become available.

12 March, 2007 9:40 A.M. - There is a network issue at this time on the Americas II outside of Guyana, adversely affecting response time for all services. We will be posting further updates as soon as more details become available.

7 March, 2007 - GT&T has scheduled fiber maintenance activities for Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 from 8:00P.M. to 1:00A.M., we expect that there will be no disruptions during this period.

1 March, 2007 - GT&T has scheduled fiber maintenance activities for Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. The estimated service maintenance window is 3 hours, we expect that there will be no disruptions during this period.

20 January, 2007 4:22 P.M. - Network restored to operational condition.

20 January, 2007 1:42 P.M. - The fiber rupture has been located near Whim village, Berbice. GT&T's response crew is currently on site effecting repairs to the damaged cable segment.

20 January, 2007 8:42 A.M. - A breach has been identified in the national fiber network. GT&T has dispatched an engineer crew to the location but no time estimates are as yet available.

20 January, 2007 704 A.M. - There is a fiber network condtion affecting all internet access. We will post further information as soon as details become available.

16 January, 2007 10:01 A.M. - Network restored to opeeration status.

14 January, 2007 - France Telcom has scheduled fiber maintenance activities for Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. The estimated maintenance window is 2 hours. During this period, the Americas II fiber network will be unavailable and all internet activity will be affected. We regret this incovenience.

06 January, 2007 11:45 P.M. - Service restored.

06 January, 2007 9:29 P.M. - There is a network issue at this time affecting routing from GT&T's network. At the moment, all traffic is interrupted. GT&T is currently responding to this disruption.

19 December, 2006 10:26 A.M. - There are still unresolved issues with GT&T's gateway provider affecting response time for all services. GT&T has no time frame for resolution at this time. We will post a new update when more information becomes available.

18 December, 2006 7:06 P.M. - There are ongoing issues with upstream access into the GT&T's gateway provider into the US backbone. This will adversely affect response time for all services.

18 December, 2006 11:56 A.M. - GT&T has advised that there are transit issues with their primary upstream provider. This has affected response time for all services. Another update will be posted shortly when more information becomes available.

18 December, 2006 09:00 A.M. - Transmission via the Americas II cable system is currently degraded. GT&T is currently investigating this issue and an update will be posted when we have more information.

14 December, 2006 10:20 P.M. - GT&T has scheduled maintenance activity at this time. During the service window, internet access will be disrupted. We anticipate the outage will last no longer than an hour.

07 December, 2006 4:07 P.M - Network restored to operational condition. The source of this disruption is not yet available but appears to be outside of Guyana.

07 December, 2006 3:50 P.M - There is a network disruption at this time. All transit traffic via the Americas II fiber network is affected. We have no more details just yet. Please revisit this page for an update.

02 December, 2006 11:50 A.M - GT&T has advised that there is transmission issue in French Guiana. French Telcom engineers are currently working on a resolution but no estimates are available at this time.

02 December, 2006 11:32 A.M - There is a fiber network disruption at this time. We will shortly have more details.

19 November, 2006 12:05 P.M - Network in operational condition. However, we are still recording some errors across the backbone. We are waiting on confimation from Suriname Telcom on the restoration effort.

19 November, 2006 11:11 A.M - There are continuing issues with the Americas II fiber network affecting all internet traffic into Guyana. Suriname Telcom is presently addressing an issue at one of their field stations.

18 November, 2006 7:36 P.M - Network in operational condition. However, we are still recording transmission errors.

18 November, 2006 4:10 P.M - We can confirm that the problem has resurfaced outside of Guyana. Suriname telcom has confirmed transmission errors across the americas II network. As soon as these details become available, another advisory will be posted. All internet traffic is affected.

18 November, 2006 7:15 A.M - Network restored to operational status.

17 November, 2006 9:12 P.M - No new updates at this time. French Telcom has been contacted but there is as yet no confirmation on the location the transmission breach.

17 November, 2006 8:13 P.M - We can confirm that the problem is outside of Guyana. We are waiting on further advice on the location and a probable estimate for restoration of service. As soon as these details become available, another advisory will be posted.

17 November, 2006 7:21 P.M - There is a disruption on the Americas II fiber network at this time. All internet traffic is affected.  An update will be posted shortly.

19 October, 2006 9:41 A.M - There are still transmission errors over the America II fiber network. French Telcom engineers are still working on this issue.

17 October, 2006 4:25 P.M. - There are ongoing transmission issues with the Americas II via French Guiana. French Telcom is expected to fully resolve the current problem on Thursday, October 19, 2006. We will post another update for any revision of this estimate.

17 October, 2006 11:33 A.M. - Transmission via the Americas II cable system is currently degraded. French Telcom is currently investigating this issue and an update will be posted when we have more information.

05 October, 2006 1:33 P.M. - French Telecom reported a fault was found and resolved at Tannamary in French Guiana. The Fiber network is now stable and fully operational.

05 October, 2006 9:16 A.M. - The Americas II fiber interconnection is in operational condition.

05 October, 2006 8:58 A.M. - French Telcom is expected to issue an update around 11:00 A.M. today. We will post an update at that time.

04 October, 2006 8:58 P.M. - There are no new updates at this time. French Telcom is expected to issue their next progress report tomorrow, October 5, 2006. We will post any further news on this situation as we receive details. Our regrets for the inconvenience produced by this outage.

04 October, 2006 3:38 P.M. - French Telcom engineers are curently working on a resolution for the fiber interconnection through Cayenne. We have no lead time at this moment but an update will be posted when more information becomes available.

04 October, 2006 12:48 P.M. - The national fiber network is currently unavailable. Signal quality is still very degraded. We will be posting another update as soon as details are made available from Suriname Telcom.

04 October, 2006 9:01 A.M. - There is an ongoing network issue affecting the Americas II fiber network at this time. GT&T has advised that Suriname Telcom is reporting transmission problems across the fiber interconnection. As a consequence, our network performance has become severely degraded. Regrettably, all services on the internet are affected. Further updates will be posted on this situation as more details become available.

21 September, 2006 8:05 A.M - Network restored to operational status.

21 September, 2006 7:35 A.M. - Maintenance activities in Suriname on the Americas II fiber interconnection, has disrupted internet access in and out of Guyana. An estimate of 4 hours has been offered by Suriname Telcoms. Please revisit this page for further updates.

13 September, 2006 12:24 P.M. - Network offline.

13 September, 2006 11:35 A.M. - Network restored to operational status.

13 September, 2006 11:22 A.M. - French Telcom has advised that the cable breach is the result of a collapsed bridge. Please revisit our system status for any revision of the current estimate for restoration of service.

13 September, 2006 10:29 A.M. - French Telcom has identified a cable breach in French Guiana. Emergency repair activities have already commenced. An estimated restoration time within 4 hours has been offered.

13 September, 2006 9:54 A.M. - The Americas II network is currently disrupted. This affects all internet service into Guyana. At the moment, we have no details on the origin of this disruption. Please revisit this page for an update.

01 September, 2006 18:20 P.M. - French Telcom has completed the traffic re-route for the Americas II. At the moment, the network is stable. Further maintenance activities should not affect intenet traffic.

01 September, 2006 12:30 P.M. - Continuing issues with the Americas II fiber network. Currently, all traffic on this system is disrupted. GT&T has advised that French Telcom in Cayenne is still working on the Americas II interconnection. Another update will be posted when we have more information.

31 August, 2006 4:22 P.M. - Network restored to operational status. However, GT&T has reported that French Telcom in Cayenne, will need to conduct maintenance activities to fully resolve this issue. It is possible that the Americas II system may become unavailable intermittently until this is completed.

31 August, 2006 4:02 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time affecting all internet traffic. GT&T has advised that the issue appears to be in Trinidad. Another update will be posted when we have more information.

29 August, 2006 5:17 P.M - GT&T has reported that an ongoing problem exists in Trinidad, which is affecting the routing of international traffic. The network will experience intermittent outages until the maintenance activities are completed.

29 August, 2006 3:31 P.M. - Second disruption. The origin of this outage is not yet available. Please revisit system status for an update.

29 August, 2006 12:46 P.M. - Network restored.

29 August, 2006 12:16 P.M. - There is an apparent issue with the Americas II interconnection which is affecting all internet traffic to our network. An advisory will be posted shortly when we have more details.

10 July, 2006 10:32 A.M. - GT&T has received assurances that the faulty circuit will be fully resolved today, July 10, 2006. We expect some intermittent disruptions while this repair is being effected.

10 July, 2006 9:45 A.M. - At the moment, there is a fiber outage. We understand that a segment of the  Americas II interconnection in French Guiana is currently undergoing emergency repair. Please revisit for for further updates.

10 July, 2006 8:44 A.M. - Our network is experiencing sporadic response time issues. GT&T has reported that there are transmission problems with their upstream provider via the Americas II fiber systen which caused degraded internet performance and short outages. We will post more details when further information becomes available.

08 July, 2006 4:30 P.M. - GT&T has advised that there are response time issues from their upstream provider. The result is degraded internet performance, affecting all services.

18 June, 2006 4:32 P.M. - Service restored.

18 June, 2006 9:15 A.M. - Traffic over the national fiber network has been disrupted. We have no more details just yet. Please revisit this page for an update.

11 June, 2006 7:07 P.M. - Network restored to operational status.

11 June, 2006 3:40 P.M. - A fiber breach has been located in the Mahaica/ Mahaicony area. GT&T's engineers are currently effecting repairs to the damaged segment of cable but no estimate has been issued for restoration of service.

11 June, 2006 10:55 A.M. - Traffic over the national fiber network is disrupted at this time. This affects all services on the internet. We regret that we have no more details just yet. Please revisit this page for an updated posting.

01 June, 2006 9:17 P.M. - Network restored to operational status.

01 June, 2006 8:54 P.M. - There is a fault on the internet backbone at this time. All internet traffic was disrupted around 7:59 P.M. We will be posting an update as soon as more information becomes available.

26 April, 2006 7:51 P.M. - Service restored.

26 April, 2006 7:20 P.M. - Traffic over the national fiber network has been disrupted. We have no more details just yet. Please revisit this page for an update.

15 April, 2006 1:33 P.M. - Service restored

15 April, 2006 11:56 A.M. - We regret that internet access is unavailable at this time.  A fault developed with our primary network backbone router and we are currently working on a resolution. We estimate the disruption will last approximately 1:30.

8 April, 2006 6:00 A.M. - GT&T will be conducting maintenance activities this morning, Saturday, April 8, 2006 on the national fiber network. This is necessary to effect permanent repairs to a section of the cable in Berbice. The maintenance window is expected to be 3 hours starting at 6:00 A.M. During this time, internet traffic will be interrupted. We regret the inconvenience this will cause.

17 March, 2006 7:15 P.M. - Service restored

17 March, 2006 6:38 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. The issue appears to be within the national fiber network. We have no more details just yet. Please revisit this page for subsequent postings.

17 March, 2006 10:35 A.M. - Service restored.

17 March, 2006 10:25 A.M. - A breach has been identified in Mahaicony. A site crew is already in place and repairs are underway. Please revisit this page for further updates.

17 March, 2006 8:05 A.M. - The national fiber network is currently offline to facilitate maintenance activities. GT&T estimates the duration at 3 hours. This is essential to repair breaches to sections of cable which were compromised in recent outages. During this period, all internet activities are affected. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused.

13 March, 2006 6:05 P.M. - Service restored.

13 March, 2006 4:44 P.M. - No new updates at this time.

13 March, 2006 12:28 P.M. - A cable rupture has been located near Mahaica. GT&T engineering has responded but no estimate for restoration is as yet available.

13 March, 2006 12:04 P.M. - There is a fiber network disruption at this time within the national fiber network. We  have no information but will update this page shortly.

24 February, 2006 10:36 A.M. - Service restored to the fiber network.

24 February, 2006 8:44 A.M. - The repair to the damaged section of cable is incomplete. No service is as yet available on the national fiber network.

23 February, 2006 1:54 P.M. - A fault has been identified within the national fiber network in Berbice. GT&T's engineering department has responded to this failure but no estimates for restoration are currently available.

23 February, 2006 12:37 P.M. - There is an issue affecting the fiber network at this time. As a result, response time on all internet activities is severely degraded. We will post an update when more information becomes available.

14 February, 2006 11:44 P.M. - A distribution router within our upstream provider failed. The router was restored to service at 11:36 P.M.

14 February, 2006 11:04 P.M. - There is a local loop disruption affecting our network at this time. We hope this issue will be resolved shortly and another update will be posted when we have more information.

10 February, 2006 3:50 P.M.- Service restored.

10 February, 2006 11:54 A.M. - A fault has been located in Berbice between Bath Village and Rosignol. This has disrupted all traffic on the national fiber network. GT&T is currently working to resolve the issue. Further details will be posted as information becomes available.

10 February, 2006 11:10 A.M. - There is a disruption within the national internet backbone. We are presently awaiting more details from GT&T and an update will be posted shortly. As a result, access to the internet will be affected.

9 February, 2006 8:15 A.M. - Network restored to service at 1:00 A.M.

8 February, 2006 6:24 P.M. - A fiber breach has occurred within the national fiber network. GT&T's engineering staff are en route to the site. No official estimate for the restoration of service is as yet available.

8 February, 2006 4:40 P.M. - A disruption has been identified within the Americas II fiber network. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for updates.

31 January, 2006 9:05 A.M. - Network service was restored at 2:30 A.M. The cable rupture was located in Cottage, WCB but full restoration is not yet complete. We will post updates when further information becomes available.

30 January, 2006 4:54 P.M. - A fiber breach has been located in the west coast of Berbice. GT&T has dispatched an engineering crew to the site but no estimate for restoration time is as yet available.

30 January, 2006 4:20 P.M. - There is a disruption within the national internet backbone. We are presently awaiting more details from GT&T and an update will be posted shortly. As a result, access to the internet will be affected.

24 January, 2006 4:45 P.M. - Service restored.

24 January, 2006 9:45 A.M. - French Telecom has advised GT&T, that expected time of restoration on the Americas II cable should be around 13:30 today January 24, 2006.

24 January, 2006 9:00 A.M. - The breach in the Americas II fiber cable has been located in French Guiana. However, no estimates for restoration time have been issued.  Please revisit this page for updates.

23 January, 2006 4:15 P.M. - GT&T engineering has advised that the breach in the Americas II fiber network is outside Guyana. However, no estimates for restoration time have been issued. We will be posting further updates when more details become available.

23 January, 2006 3:50 P.M. - A disruption has been identified within the Americas II fiber network. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for updates.

16 October, 2005 7:32 P.M. - Network restored to service.

16 October, 2005 3:47 P.M. - The phone company has located a breach at Mahaica and a  repair crew has been dispatched to the site.

16 October, 2005 3:09 P.M. - At this time, all internet services and phone service to Berbice are affected. The phone company has not yet issued an advisory as to the location of the rupture nor an estimate for restoration. Please revisit this page for updates.

16 October, 2005 2:36 P.M. - Network disruption. The fiber interconnection to the Americas II network is currently unavailable. We have no other details at this time but an update will be posted when we have more information.

27 September, 2005 2:40 P.M. - Fiber network restored to service.

27 September, 2005 2:17P.M. - GT&T engineering has advised that the fiber network interruption is outside Guyana. At this time, we do not have estimates for service restoration. As soon as more information is available, we will post an update.

27 September, 2005 1:20 P.M. - A disruption has been identified within the Americas II fiber network. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for an update.

26 September, 2005 7:45 P.M. - Service restored.

26 September, 2005 5:00 P.M.There are no new updates at this time, no time estimate for restoration has been released by GT&T.

26 September, 2005 8:30 A.M. - A disruption has been identified within the Americas II cable. We have been advised that GT&T engineers are working to restore service on this system but no estimate for restoration has been released. We will posting further updates when more details become available.

04 September, 2005 10:20 A.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. The cause is still unknown but we will be posting details as soon as we have more information.

11 August, 2005 7:00 A.M. - GT&T will be conducting emergency repairs on segments of the national fiber network. This activity is expected to be complete by 11:00 A.M. During this time, internet services will be disrupted.

03 August, 2005 1:30 P.M. - Service restored.

03 August, 2005 10:31 A.M. - A breach has been identified within the national fiber network. The location is in Berbice and the phone company has dispatched an engineering crew to the site. No time estimates are as yet available for service restoration.

03 August, 2005 8:32 A.M. - The Americas II fiber network is disrupted. We have no further details at the moment but an update will be posted shortly.

06 February, 2005 6:10 P.M. - Service restored.

06 February, 2005 11:15 A.M. - We understand that a fault has been located in Suriname. However, no estimates for restoration time have been issued. We will post another update when further details become available.

05 February, 2005 10:30 P.M. - A fault has been identified within the Americas II fiber interconnection outside Guyana. We do not have any more details at this time but an update will be posted as soon as information becomes available.

05 February, 2005 9:02 P.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. All internet traffic is affected. We are currently waiting on details from GT&T. Please revisit this page for an update.

26 January, 2005 7:36 P.M. - Service restored.

26 January, 2005 6:52 P.M. - There are no new updates at this time. We have been advised that engineers are working to restore service on this system but no estimate for restoration has been released.

26 January, 2005 9:23 A.M - The location has been identified as French Guiana. No estimates for restoration are as yet available.

26 January, 2005 8:30 A.M. - There is a disruption within the Americas II fiber network at this time. Our initial reports point to an issue outside Guyana. Further details will be posted shortly. Please revisit this page.

24 January, 2005 10:29 P.M. - Fiber network restored to service.

24 January, 2005 - 6:04 P.M. - The breach location is Mahaica. The phone company has sent a crew to the site. An estimate for restoration may issued once the details of field reports become available. Please revisit this page for further updates.

24 January, 2005 - 4:37 P.M. - There is a disruption within the national fiber network. A breach has been located on the East Coast of Demerara. This will significantly affect internet access. We will post updates on this situation as soon as information becomes available from the field engineers. 

18 January, 2005 - 6:15 A.M. - We have been closely monitoring the effects of the recent intense rain and flooding. We wish to assure our customers that every effort is being made to keep our network up. However, if the rain and flooding continues, utility power and telephone service may be affected and as an absolute last resort, it may be necessary to shutdown our network core. We hope that we do not have to exercise this option and sincerely regret the implications of this sort of measure. If this does become necessary, it may be difficult to make this information available and we will rely on the public media to advise our customers. All of us at inter.net.works recognise the importance of our network uptime and will spare no effort to keep any such disruption to an absolute minimum. 

10 January, 2005 - 8:20 P.M - Service restored

10 January, 2005 - 7:57 P.M - A transmission issue developed across the Americas II fiber interconnected system. As a result, network traffic was disrupted.

08 January, 2005 - 3:00 P.M - Service on the fiber network was restored at 1:30 A.M this morning after GT&T's engineers replaced the damaged section of cable through Whim village.

07 January, 2005 - 12:00 P.M -  GT&T engineering team has located several fractures in the Americas II cable and is currently undergoing the task of replacing the damage segments. Please revisit this page for further updates.

07 January, 2005 - 8:42 A.M. - The network has not yet been restored to service. We are currently awaiting an update from the field team for an estimated restoration of service.

06 January, 2005 - 6:10 P.M. - The breach location is Whim, Berbice. At this time, we have no estimated time for service restoration. Further updates will be posted as we receive details.

06 January, 2005 - 2:35 P.M. - Transmission over the Americas II cable system is currently disrupted. The fiber rupture has been located on Berbice and at this time, no estimates have been issued for the restoration of service. Please revisit this page for subsequent advisories.

28 November, 2004 - 6:15 P.M. - Service restored.

28 November, 2004 - 11:52 A.M - A breach has been located on the east coast of Demerara. The telephone company has dispatched a repair crew to the site. A further update will become available when an initial site assessment is made.

28 November, 2004 - 11:25 A.M. - There is a network disruption at this time. It is the result of a cable breach on the Americas II cable interconnection. We are awaiting an official advisory on the location of the rupture and expected restoration time.

04 November, 2004 - 10:24 A.M. - A network disruption has occurred. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for updated details.

26 October, 2004 - 8:50 A.M. - A network disruption has occurred on the Americas II fiber system. The location and cause are not yet available. Please revisit this page for updated details.

16 September, 2004 - 5:31 P.M. - Service restored.

16 September, 2004 - 11:32 A.M - A breach has been located in French Guiana. At this time, no estimates have been issued for the restoration of service. Please revisit this page for subsequent advisories.

16 September, 2004 - 10:21 A.M - Transmission over the Americas II cable system is currently disrupted. We have no further details at this time but this will severely affect our ability to provide internet access.

02 September, 2004 - 2:35 P.M - Service restored

02 September, 2004 - 9:54 A.M. - The breach has been located on the east coast of Demerara. The phone company has dispatched their engineers to the site to effect repairs. We will be posting further information as details become available.

02 September, 2004 - 8:30 A.M. - A network disruption has occurred. Service over the Americas II interconnected cable system is currently unavailable. This will affect our ability to provide internet access to our customers. Please revisit this page for updates.

27 August, 2004 - 10:20 P.M. - Service restored.

27 August, 2004 - 6:04 P.M. The network disruption is located on the east coast of Demerara and the phone company has dispatched an engineering team to the site. A service restoration estimate may be issued pending the field reports. We will be posting further details as information becomes available.

27 August, 2004 - 4:40 P.M. A disruption has occurred within the Americas II Fiber interconnection. GT&T's engineers are currently trying to locate the source of the problem. We will be posting details as they becomes available, please revisit this page for an update.

21 August, 2004 - 11:40 P.M. Service over the Americas II system is currently disrupted. This will inhibit our ability to deliver internet access or facilitate services outside our network. GT&T has advised us that their transmission department is working to address the issue. Please revisit this page for an update.

05 August, 2004 - 6:00 A.M. Please note, a possible disruption of service may occur today, August 5, 2004 from 6:00 A.M to 9:00 A.M. GT&T's engineering department needs to effect remedial work to repair a damage section of the fiber interconnection with the Americas II. Our access to the internet will be affected if the cable system is taken out of service.

30 July, 2004 - 7:05 P.M. Service over the Americas II system is currently unavailable. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for an updated status report.

29 July, 2004 - 9:41 P.M. There are no updates at this time from the field restoration team.

29 July, 2004 - 4:31 P.M. The internet access across the interconnected Americas II cable system has been disrupted. GT&T has advised us that the breach occurred on the east coast of Demarara and an engineering crew is en route to the site.  We will be posting updates on this page when more information becomes available.

25 May, 2004 - 11:00 A.M. Service restored.

24 May, 2004 - 9:30 P.M. GT&Ts transmission engineers have located a cable rupture in Burma E.C.D. At the moment a repair team is being assembled and dispatch to the site's location. Please recheck this page for further updates.

24 May, 2004 - 7:20 P.M. A disruption has occurred within the Americas II fiber optic cable system, as a result, internet traffic has been disrupted.

10 February, 2004 - 6:00 A.M - 9:00 A.M - GT&T will be conducting maintenance on a damaged fiber segment on the west coast of Berbice. During this exercise, all services including voice, data and internet will be affected.

6 February, 2004 - 9:00 A.M. Service restored

5 February, 2004 - 1:54 P.M. The cable rupture has been located in Berbice. A response team will be dispatched to the site. At this time, we are unable to post any details on expected restoration. Please revisit this page for updates.

5 February, 2004 - 1:40 P.M. A disruption has occurred within the Americas II Fiber interconnection. GT&T's engineers are currently trying to locate the source of the problem. We will be posting details as they becomes available.

18 December, 2003 - 11:10 A.M. Service restored.

18 December, 2003 - 10:20 A.M. GT&Ts transmission engineers have located a cable rupture in Berbice. This disruption will affect all services and sites. At the moment a repair team is being assembled and dispatch to the site's location. Please recheck this page for further updates.

15 December, 2003 - 3:21 P.M - Internet access was affected by a disruption of our backbone connectivity. Service was restored in 15 minutes.

5 December, 2003 - 2:56 P.M. - There is an issue within GT&T's network at this time. As a result, internet traffic has been disrupted. We will be posting details when the information becomes available.

30 November, 2003 - 6:50 P.M. GT&T is conducting emergency repairs on their backup power systems. As as precaution, their network was taken offline for an expected period of 30 minutes. No internet access will be available for any sites or services outside our network.

18 November, 2003 - 1:25 P.M. Cable repairs are effected and service restored.

17 November, 2003 - 8:48 P.M. GT&Ts transmission engineers have located a cable rupture in Berbice. A site repair team is being assembled. Service restoration may be delayed because of light conditions. We will update this page when further details become available.

17 November, 2003 - 8:00 P.M. A transmission problem has developed with the Americas II inter-connection. At this time, we have no further information but this will significantly degrade the response time for requests to the internet. Please revisit this page for updates

11 November, 2003 - 12:55 P.M. Service restored.

11 November, 2003 - 11:48 A.M. The issue appears to be located within Suriname. However, there is still no information on the expected restoration of service.

11 November, 2003 - 9:16 A.M. A disruption has occurred within the Americas II fiber optic cable system. This is will impair internet access to alls hosts and services. We are awaiting details from GT&T's transmission department. Please revisit this page for updates.

04 November, 2003 - 4:22 P.M. Service has been restored on the cable system.

04 November, 2003 - 12:14 P.M We understand a rupture in the Americas II interconnected cable system has been located within Guyana. An investigative team has been dispatched to the site. More details will be become available when the team conducts their survey. Please revisit this page for more information.

04 November, 2003 - 11:00 A.M GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. This will affect access to any services and sites hosted outside Guyana. We will posting details when they become available.

25 Sept, 2003 - 11:30 A.M An issue just developed within GT&T's backbone which has affected internet access. We will posting details when they become available.

28 Aug, 2003 - 9:40 P.M - Our network sensors have been reporting a heightened instance of abnormal traffic from customers infected with the Nachi worm. Our virus daemon has also trapped continued code from the Sobig worm. We recommend all customers using windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 to keep their antivirus definitions current. These windows are particularly vulnerable to infection because a published flaw in their design. Microsoft has listed the required patch for RPC as critical. We recommend customer with Windows 2000 upgrade to the latest service pack (SP4). Windows XP users should apply service pack 2 for XP (SP2). Please note the RPC patch is NOT included with these service packs and must be installed separately. We also recommend firewall protection for all versions of windows used on the internet. This is only way to actively protect your machine from unwanted activity. Symantec's Norton internet security, Aginatum's Outpost or Zone Labs Zone Alarm are recommended. Please contact our support channel directly for telephone assistance on these viruses.

20 Aug, 2003 - 6:54 P.M - We have been forced to temporarily suspend messaging access from several domains including public portals because of intense traffic generated by the Sobig worm from those sources. This is a temporary measure to ensure that our network is not flooded with messages and will be removed when reported cases of infection are brought under control.

03 Jul, 2003 - 8:56 A.M - An issue just developed within GT&T's backbone which has affected internet access. We have no further details at this time.

23 Jun, 2003 - 8:16 A.M - We have secured additional satellite bandwidth. Our network is currently at 80% of its capability.

20 Jun, 2003 - 9:13 A.M - GT&T's circuits are currently affected by packet loss. A problem developed this morning around 7:50 AM. This has severely affected response time for requests to the internet. At the moment, their engeering team is trying to resolve this issue.

19 Jun, 2003 - 12:38 P.M - We have secured additional satellite capacity. The phone company has committed to delivering 100% redundancy over the next 48 hours.

19 Jun, 2003 - 8:12 A.M - We expect to be able to secure additional satellite bandwidth today. The phone company's engineering team is working to make this possible.

18 Jun, 2003 - 6:18 P.M - We have asked the phone company to secure additional satellite bandwidth for our network. Based on our previous experience with cable breaches, the restoration period is likely to be extended. At the present time, no timetable for repairs has been issued. Please recheck this page for updates.

18 Jun, 2003 - 2:59 P.M - The phone company has advised us that a cable break has been located off the coast of French Guiana. At this time, no schedule for repairs or restoration of service is as yet available. In the interim, all international access is disrupted. We currently maintain some redundancy on available satellite bandwidth. Please revisit this page for more details.

18 Jun, 2003 - 7:30 A.M - There is still an issue with backbone connectivity. We will posting details when they become available

17 Jun, 2003 - 9:04 P.M - We have no new information at this time.

17 Jun, 2003 - 6:34 P.M - We understand that the issue has been identified outside Guyana. No time frame for service restoration is as yet available.

17 Jun, 2003 - 4:39 P.M - There are transmission issues on the Americas II submarine cable system. The problem started around 3:15 PM and has resulted in packet loss and degraded response time for requests to the internet. We have no further details at this time. Please revisit this page for updates.

29 May, 2003 - 9:20 A.M - Our messaging server is temporarily unavailable. We expect to return to service is 15 minutes.

27 May, 2003 - 5:08 P.M - We have completed our maintenance tasks and the messaging service is fully operational. Service was restored after our final checks which lasted 15 minutes.

27 May, 2003 - 2:26 P.M - Our messaging server will be taken offline for a period of 30 minutes to effect unscheduled maintenance activity. We regret the inconvenience this will cause.

25 May, 2003 - 1:35 P.M - GT&T has advised that their engineers expect to fully restore service by 3:00 P.M. The system is currently up on test.

25 May, 2003 - 11:37 A.M - A problem developed last evening within GT&T's fiber-optic network. This has severely restricted outbound international access. All traffic is currently being carried on redundant systems. We regret that no time frame is as yet available for restoration of service on this system.

16 April, 2003 - 6:00 A.M - The phone company has scheduled maintenance on the national fiber backbone. This activity will disrupt internet traffic for an estimated period of 4 hours.

18 April, 2003 - 11:40 A.M - An issue developed inside GT&T's network which affected international access. GT&T engineering team restored service at 12:30 P.M. Please revisit this page for an update

10 April, 2003 - 7:30 A.M - The phone company has scheduled maintenance activities on their national fiber backbone from 7:30 A.M to 10:30 A.M. International access will be affected during the period.

9 April, 2003 - 12:00 A.M - GT&T has rescheduled their maintenance activity. The time estimate for service restoration remains unchanged at 3 hours.

8 April, 2003 - 12:00 A.M - GT&T will be conducting scheduled maintenance on their primary backbone router. During the period, no international access will be possible. The estimate service time is 3 hours.

26 Feb, 2003 - 8:00 A.M - GT&T has advised us that the Americas II fiber interconnection will be taken offline February 26, 2003 from 8:00 A.M for an estimated 4 hour period. This is to facilitate required maintenance. As a result, all services currently carried on this system will be disrupted and access to sites and services on the internet will be affected.

30 Jan, 2003 - 8:00 A.M - GT&T has advised us that the Americas II fiber interconnection will be taken offline January 30, 2003 from 8:00 A.M for an estimated 4 hour period. This is to facilitate required maintenance. As a result, all services currently carried on this system will be disrupted and access to sites and services on the internet will be affected.

29 Jan, 2003 - 8:34 A.M - A disruption occurred on the Americas II fiber interconnection. Service was restored on this system at 9:05 A.M.

20 Jan, 2003 - 11:07 A.M - GT&T has advised us that the Americas II fiber interconnection will be taken offline tomorrow, January 21, 2003 from 8:00 A.M for an estimated 4 hour period. This is to facilitate required maintenance. As a result, all service currently carried on this system will be disrupted and access to sites and services on the internet will be affected.

16 Jan, 2003 - 10:25 A.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted, this will affect access to any services and sites hosted outside Guyana. Restoration on the Americas II is expected to be returned to service around 11:30 A.M today.

10 Jan, 2003 - 12:00 A.M - GT&T will be performing a hardware upgrade on their backbone infrastructure. This will disrupt internet traffic for approximately two hours between 12:00 AM and 2:00 AM on Friday, Jan 10, 2003.

16 Dec, 2002 - 1:25 P.M - GT&T will be conducting scheduled maintenance on their fiber interconnection with Americas II cable system. As a result, service on this system will disrupted for a 4 hour period from 6:00 A.M, tomorrow, 17 December, 2002. During this period, access to services hosted outside Guyana will be affected.

13 Dec, 2002 - 3:57 P.M - There is a persistent issue with GT&T's routing hardware which has not been fully solved. GT&T has contacted their equipment provider. However, we anticipate further outages until the problem is resolved.

13 Dec, 2002 - 12:22 P.M - Another disruption has occurred. We understand that GT&T's technical team are in contact with their equipment vendor for support on this issue. There may be further disruptions.

13 Dec, 2002 - 9:24 A.M - There is a recurring issue inside GT&T's network which is disrupting network access to the internet. The internet backbone is currently offline. We expect more details from GT&T's technical department.

12 Dec, 2002 - 8:14 P.M - Another problem has been identified inside GT&T's network. This will disrupt connectivity to the internet. We are awaiting details on the restoration of service.

11 Dec, 2002 - 10:10 A.M - Service is restored

11 Dec, 2002 - 9:40 A.M - There is a disruption inside GT&T's network. We are awaiting further details on the expected restoration of service.

09 Dec, 2002 - 4:30 P.M - Service has been restored.

09 Dec, 2002 - 3:45 P.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. We have no more details at this time but this will affect access to any services hosted outside Guyana. Please revisit this page for further updates.

04 Dec, 2002 - 3:00 P.M GT&T will be conducting scheduled maintenance at midnight which is expected to last 2 hours. During the period, all internet services will be disrupted. Service should be restored by 2:00 A.M.

04 Dec, 2002 - 8:00 A.M - Service has been restored.

04 Dec, 2002 - 1:00 A.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. We have no more details at this time but this will affect access to any services hosted outside Guyana.

02 Dec, 2002 - 11:12 A.M - Connectivity is restored

02 Dec, 2002 - 11:08 A.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. We have no further details at this time.

30 Nov, 2002 - 6:39 P.M - There is an issue with connectivity through GT&T's network. Service is restored in 10 minutes.

28 Nov, 2002 - 10:30 AM - All services are shutdown as a precaution because of a neighborhood fire. We restored our network to operational status at 1:35 P.M.  All services were online at 2:05 P.M. We sincerely regret the incovenience caused and our inability to advice our customers earlier.

20 Nov, 2002 - 2:46 P.M - At the moment, some service is being provided by the Americas II. There will be a period of testing before full service is restored on this system. We expect the phone company to publish an advisory when their systems are fully operational.

20 Nov, 2002 - 11:46 A.M - At this moment we have no further details on the expected restoration time of the Americas II cable system. We will be posting further details as it becomes available.

19 Nov, 2002 - 6:26 P.M - We understand that the Americas II cable system may not be returned to service for 24 hours. Please revisit this page for further updates.

19 Nov, 2002 - 4:00 P.M - GT&T has advised us that an engineering team has been dispatched to the site but service restoration on this system is not expected for several hours. We will be posting further details as it becomes available.

19 Nov, 2002 - 3:07 P.M - The phone company has advised us that the point of disruption has been located. However, no restoration estimate has been issued. We will be posting another update as soon as the phone company provides further information.

19 Nov, 2002 - 8:35 A.M - A disruption of the Americas II submarine cable system has affected all internet connectivity out of Guyana. Currently, our internet access is being furnished by redundant satellite circuits. This has significantly reduced the available circuit capacity. We expect access to sites and services hosted out of Guyana to be affected. At this time, we have no further details on the origin of the problem or the expected restoration time. Please revisit this page for further updates.

13 Nov, 2002 - 4:09 P.M - Service restored.

13 Nov, 2002 - 4:00 P.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. We have no more details at this time but this will affect access to any services hosted outside Guyana.

07 Nov, 2002 - 7:20 P.M - Service restoration effected.

07 Nov, 2002 - 6:45 P.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity has been disrupted. We have no more details at this time but this will affect access to any services hosted outside Guyana. Please revisit this page for an update

31 Oct, 2002 - 6:15 P.M - There was an issue affecting GT&T's backbone connectivity. This affected internet access to sites outside Guyana. The disruption lasted 20 minutes.

29 Oct, 2002 -10:00 A.M - We have just been advised that maintenance is ongoing on GT&T's Americas II cable interconnection. Service is scheduled to resume on this system at 1:00 P.M. this afternoon. In the interim, all internet traffic out of Guyana has been redirected to available satellite circuits. This will affect the response time for request to any service or host outside of Guyana.

27 Oct, 2002 - 9:50 A.M - GT&T experienced lost connectivity with their backbone provider. The issue was resolved at 10:25 A.M.

24 Oct, 2002 - 4:05 P.M - Service restored.

24 Oct, 2002 - 3:07 P.M - Backbone connectivity has been disrupted by an problem within GT&T's network. This affect internet access to all sites and services hosted outside Guyana. We are awaiting more details. Please revisit this page for more information

23 Oct, 2002 - 9:19 A.M - There are still unresolved issues within GT&T network. GT&T's engineering team is currently monitoring the state of the links to capture data for further investigation. There may be further periods of disruption during the day. We will be posting further information as it becomes available.

22 Oct, 2002 - 9:35 P.M - Service is restored

22 Oct, 2002 - 8:55 P.M - GT&T's backbone connectivity is disrupted. We have contacted the technical services but no estimate for restoration has been issued.

22 Oct, 2002 - 7:13 P.M - GT&T backbone has been restored to operational condition.

22 Oct, 2002 - 6:10 P.M - There is an issue affecting GT&T's backbone connectivity. We have no details at this time but access to the internet outside Guyana is currently unavailable. We will be posting an update as soon as we have more information.

29 Sep, 2002 - 2:55 P.M - Service resumes on the Americas II system.

29 Sep, 2002 - 6:10 A.M - We have no new information at this time.

28 Sep, 2002 - 2:50 P.M - GT&T's fiber optic interconnection with the Americas II submarine cable system was disrupted. As a result, all internet traffic has been re-routed to available satellite circuits. We expect this will severely impact the response time from any network located outside Guyana. At this time, we have no definitive schedule for the restoration of service on this system. We understand that a cable team has been dispatched to the site and work is ongoing. We will be posting new information on this page as it becomes available.

28 Aug, 2002 - 4:37 P.M - Service is restored

28 Aug, 2002 - 4:10 P.M - There is an issue inside GT&T's network affecting inbound internet traffic. We are awaiting further details. For the moment, access to the US backbone is disrupted.

5 Aug, 2002 - 11:04 A.M - Service has been restored on the Americas II.

5 Aug, 2002 - 10:52 A.M - We have been advised that a fault has been located outside Guyana and a team has been dispatched to the site. We will be posting further updates as information becomes available.

5 Aug, 2002 - 9:12 A.M - There is an issue affecting transmission on the Americas II fiber interconnection. Currently all internet traffic is being re-routed via satellite circuits. Restoration of service on the Americas II is expected by 5:00 P.M today. We expect this outage will significantly impair response time for requests to the internet.

12 Jul, 2002 - 1:10 P.M - GT&T has issues a revised estimate for service restoration on the Americas II. This system is expected to be returned to service around 6:00 PM today.

12 Jul, 2002 - 8:00 A.M - The Americas II cable interconnection is currently offline for further repairs. We understand that service should be restored within 4 hours.

11 Jul, 2002 - 9:36 P.M - Some services have been restored on the cable system. We are awaiting further details from the phone company.

11 Jul, 2002 - 4:44 P.M - We are still awaiting advice on the estimated time for restoration of service. We understand that inclement weather has hampered the restoration effort.

11 Jul, 2002 - 10:00 A.M - A major disruption has occurred in the Americas II fiber optic cable system. We understand that a fault developed outside Guyana but there is no further information at this time on the expected restoration of this system. As a result of this break, the internet circuits capacity has been severely reduced. We expect that this will significantly affect response time from the internet. Please revisit this page for updates.

08 Jul, 2002 - 11:00 A.M - There is an issue with the Americas II fiber optic cable system. As a result, all internet traffic has been diverted to satellite circuits. We expect that response times from the internet will be degraded. We are awaiting further details from the phone company on the estimated restoration of service on the Americas II. Please revisit system status for updates.

27 June, 2002 - 12:00 A.M - GT&T will be conducting maintenance which is expected to last 1 hour. During the period, access to the US backbone will be disrupted. Service should be restored by 1:00 A.M.

11 June, 2002 - 9:19 A.M - Service is restored

11 June, 2002 - 9:07 A.M - GT&T's engineers are still working on repairs to the cable link. We do not have a new estimate for the restoration of service.

10 June, 2002 - 4:37 P.M - GT&T has advised us that a cable break has been located in Berbice. The restoration of service on this system is expected in about 5 hours.

10 June, 2002 - 3:55 P.M - There is an issue with GT&T's interconnection with the Americas II fiber cable system. As a result, all internet traffic has been redirected to redundant satellite systems. We do not yet have estimates on the expected restoration time. This information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

15 May, 2002 - 12:00 P.M -  GT&T has advised us that the Americas II fiber cable system will be offline today between 12:00 P.M and 1:00 P.M for emergency maintenance work. We expect this will result in some degradation of the our network response time during the period.

29 April,2002 - 10:50 A.M - GT&T has informed us that there is an issue with the Americas II fiber link. This may affect access to some websites and internet services outside our network. We will continue to post more details as information becomes available.

20 April,2002 - 11:49 A.M - GT&T has advised us that the Americas II system should be returned to operational status within 48 hours. We will continue to post more details as information becomes available.

19 April,2002 - 10:20 P.M - The internet circuits carried on the Americas II fiber cable system are unavailable. We are currently operating on redundant systems using satellite. GT&T is expected to issue an advisory on the precise cause and expected restoration for service on the Americas II. In the interim, our network will be affected by high lag times for requests to services hosted outside Guyana.

17 April,2002 - 6:00 P.M - GT&T has informed us that scheduled maintenance is being conducted on the Americas II fiber optic cable network. As a result, we expect brief periods of performance degradation during the course of this week. This may affect access to some websites and internet services.

12 April,2002 - 10:01 A.M - There is an issue with the internet circuits into GT&T's network. We expect this will affect access to services outside our network.

25 March,2002 - 10:00 A.M - GT&T has advised us that their transmission link to the Americas II cable system has been restored to service.

23 March, 2002 - 10:30 P.M. There was disruption of internet connectivity due to a problem inside GT&T's network. The service was restored at 11:05 P.M. We have no further information at this time.

17 March,2002 - 12:35 P.M - 12:56 P.M Internet was unavailable due to a problem inside GT&T's network.

16 March,2002 - 8:35 P.M - 9:36 P.M Internet was unavailable due to a problem inside GT&T's network. We have no further information at this time about the cause of the disruption.

15 March,2002 - 10:31 A.M We are seeing severe lag times on the redundant internet circuits. GT&T has identified transmission problems on its satellite circuits.

12 March, 2002 - GT&T has advised us that the estimated date for restoration of service on the Americas II submarine cable system is March 27, 2002. Please visit this page for further updates.

11 March, 2002 - We are seeing congestion on the inbound redundant internet circuits via GT&T's network. We have already elevated the issue to GT&T and are awaiting a response. We expect that this will impact on the response time from services hosted outside Guyana.

11 March, 2002 - No official restoration estimates for the Americas II have been issued..

08 March, 2002 - The Americas II fiber submarine cable was severed at 9:34 A.M.  As a consequence, all internet traffic out of Guyana will be affected. Inter.Net.Works will maintain internet connectivity via redundant systems but we expect longer response times for requests served. We do not yet have any further information on expected restoration time.

08 March, 2002 - GT&T's internet circuits were unavailable this morning between 7:00 A.M and 7:30 AM.

07 March, 2002 - GT&T is conducting performance tests on its internet circuits over several hours today. We expect that this will impact on the response time from web sites  and on other types of internet services hosted outside our network.

06 March, 2002 - A schedule test is to be carried out by GT&T between 2:30 P.M - 3:00 P.M . During this testing there might be some disruption to internet traffic. Please revisit this page for updates.

25 February, 2002 - 9:10 P.M. A problem has developed within the phone company's network which has disrupted internet traffic. We are awaiting further details

24 February, 2002 - 1:56 P.M. There are high lag times on the internet links. We expect this will negatively impact on the response times from web servers and other services outside of our network.At this time, we have no further information but we will be posting more details when updates become available.

21 February, 2002 - 9:05 A.M We have been observing severe congestion on the internet links which will affect your ability to acquire content from web servers and to use other types of services on the internet. This problem is being examined and we hope that this will be a short term condition.

18 February, 2002 - 1:45 P.M There is a problem in GT&T's network which has disrupted internet traffic. We have no further information at this time. We are awaiting an update from the phone company's technical department. Please revisit this page for further details.

15 February, 2002 - 8:18 A.M Connectivity is restored.

15 February, 2002 - 1:37 A.M There is a problem in GT&T's network which has disrupted internet traffic. We have no further information at this time. We are awaiting an update from the phone company's technical department. Please revisit this page for further details.

13 February, 2002 - 9:05 P.M. GT&T's circuits are restored.

13 February, 2002 - 8:10 P.M A problem has been identified at GT&T. We expect an update from the technical department on the reason for failure and expected restoration time. Please revisit this page.

26 January, 2002 - 2:28 P.M We are observing congestion on the internet links.

23 January, 2002 - 5:40 P.M. Internet connectivity has been restored.

23 January, 2002 - 3:00 P.M. There are no updates at this time. We understand that the phone company will be issuing a press release.

23 January, 2002 - 2:25 A.M. A major equipment failure occurred in GT&T's network. As a result, our network no longer has access to the internet backbone. This disruption will affect all services. We are awaiting further details on the expected restoration of service. Please revisit this page for further information.

15 January, 2002 - 7:42 P.M We have been seeing congestion on the international internet circuits . GT&T has identified a transmission problem. Please revisit this page for updates

07 January,2002 - 4:00 P.M. The Americas II Fiber Optic link has not been restored. However in keeping with our commitment to our customers, we have successfully implemented 100% satellite redundancy. This satellite redundancy will be in place till the full restoration of the Americas II fiber optics link. 

04 January,2002 - 11:47 A.M. There are as yet no official estimate for the full restoration of service. However, GT&T has advised us that the Americas II cable may not be returned to operational condition before the end of January, 2002. In the interim, Inter.Net.Works has made a decision to secure additional satellite redundancy at the premium cost until this service is fully restored.

03 January,2002 - 8:53 A.M. There are no new updates at this time. However, we understand that the restoration effort may cover several days.

02 January,2002 - 10:30 A.M. GT&T has informed that engineers have identified an under-water cable breakage on the Americas II submarine cable. No restoration estimates have been issued.

02 January,2002 - 8:42 A.M. A critical transmission problem has been found on the international fiber link. This problem is being worked on but the engineers have not yet issued an expect restoration time. As a result, we expect some degradation of  internet performance while this issue is being resolved. We will post further details when the information becomes available.

20 Dec, 2001 - 10:00 P.M. A problem developed with the international downlink circuits which disrupted internet traffic. The service was restored at 2:03 A.M

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