Internet speed will return soon

For about two and a half months, customers across the country were getting slow internet speed due to a cut in the submarine cable connection installed in Kuakata of Patuakhali.

Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC) on Sunday gave update on the situation saying that repair work of the submarine cable that was separated under the sea in Indonesian waters has been completed. The connection has now been restored and full speed internet service will be available soon, according to local media reports.

BSCPLC General Manager (Operation and Maintenance) Saidur Rahman said, "Our second submarine cable (SMW-5) was cut in Indonesian waters, a little west of Singapore. After a long effort, the repair work was completed on June 28. The CMUI-5 connection is now fully operational. Gradually the speed of the internet will increase. Customers will get full speed internet within a few days.”

According to BSCPLC sources, the total bandwidth usage in the country is currently more than 5,000 Gbps. More than half of this comes through about 2,700 Gbps International Terrestrial Cable (ITC) licenses, which are used to import bandwidth by land from India.

BSCPLC provides the remaining 2,400 Gbps bandwidth. This bandwidth is supplied through two submarine cables. Bangladesh is a member of the South-East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4 (CMUE-4) consortium.

In 2006, Bangladesh was connected to the first submarine cable. Its landing station is in Cox's Bazar. It provides about 800 Gbps bandwidth.

The country's second submarine cable CMUE-5 has entered Patuakhali's Kuakata. 1,600 Gbps is supplied through the second submarine cable.