AAE-1 & SMW5 cable cuts impact millions of users across multiple countries

This post details the impact of submarine cable cuts on the AAE-1 and SMW-5 cables, affecting millions of users across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It uses Cloudflare Radar data to illustrate traffic drops and recovery, and explains how Cloudflare's distributed network and proactive measures like Orpheus help maintain content availability and performance during such disruptions. It also highlights the importance of network redundancy and diverse physical paths for critical infrastructure.