Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network: latency up to 5× normal, 9 Sep 2026
What we measured
| Cable | Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network |
| Segment | Barka, OM → Chabahar, IR |
| Detected | 2026-09-09 11:31 UTC |
| Resolved | 2026-09-16 11:32 UTC |
| Duration | 7d 0h |
| Observed latency | 191.9 ms |
| Baseline | 38.5 ms · 5.04× |
| Increase | +404% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where Pishgaman Oman Iran (POI) Network comes ashore, how much of their submarine diversity this cable represents, and what our measurements into them show.
| Country | Dependence on this cable | Other submarine cables | What the measurements show |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran resilience index: 88 · resilient |
1 of 6 cables (17% of submarine diversity) | FALCON, Gulf Bridge International Cable System/Middle East North Africa Cable System (GBICS/MENA), Kuwait-Iran +2 more | average 77 ms over the last day vs 126 ms over 30 days - faster |
| Oman resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 20 cables (5% of submarine diversity) | 2Africa, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) +16 more | no measurement today; median 109 ms over 30 days (44 routes) |
Dependence is structural (share of the country's submarine cables), not a traffic share: real traffic distribution across cables is not public.
Path analysis
Traffic changed route while latency was elevated. A reroute of this kind usually follows a fault somewhere on the original path.
Cross-probe verdict. Too few independent vantage points were watching this endpoint to reach a cross-probe verdict.
Timeline
- Alert 2026090902: critical - ratio 5.04x
- Alert #199 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- baseline_shift: Alert #199 Chabahar closed as BASELINE SHIFT after 7+ days: frozen 38.5ms -> new baseline 191.3ms (current 191.9ms). Route changed, not a cable incident.
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.