JUPITER cable: latency up to 3.4× normal, 21 Oct 2026
What we measured
| Cable | JUPITER |
| Segment | Daet, PH → Hermosa Beach, US |
| Detected | 2026-10-21 04:41 UTC |
| Duration | 3d 7h (ongoing) |
| Observed latency | 159.1 ms |
| Baseline | 84.2 ms · 3.44× |
| Increase | +244% |
| Severity | warning |
Who is affected
Countries where JUPITER 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 53 cables (2% of submarine diversity) | 5 Villages 6 Islands, APCN-2, Apricot +49 more | median 225 ms today vs 203 ms over 30 days (468 routes) - unchanged |
| Philippines resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 26 cables (4% of submarine diversity) | APCN-2, Apricot, Asia Connect Cable-1 (ACC-1) +22 more | median 284 ms today vs 244 ms over 30 days (102 routes) - slower |
| United States resilience index: 100 · resilient |
1 of 122 cables (1% of submarine diversity) | ACS Alaska-Oregon Network (AKORN), AEC-1, Airraq +118 more | median 116 ms today vs 108 ms over 30 days (3282 routes) - unchanged |
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. Our own cross-check concluded this was an operator reroute, not a cable fault. We publish it anyway, labelled as such.
Timeline
- Alert 2026102101: warning - ratio 3.44x
- Alert #235 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
- Alert #235 improving: 1/3 consecutive OK
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.