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Internet down in Middle East

by Scott Bicheno on 31 January 2008, 10:57

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Two undersea cables have been damaged off the Egyptian coast, disrupting internet connections in the Middle East and India. Repair ships were apparently flocking to the scene last night, but a full restoration of bandwidth isn't expected for a couple of weeks.

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Posted by Funkstar - Sat 02 Feb 2008 19:58
Found this on the Guardian Online:

The Internet's Undersea World

Nice little map that. Would be betting if it was a little higher resolution though.

(courtesy of Slashdot)
Posted by chrestomanci - Sat 02 Feb 2008 20:30
I number of years ago, I found an interesting article on Wired.com on how FLAG (The cable that got severed) was built.

Wired 4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board

It is Loooog (56 pages), but a good read, and full of interesting anecdotes so if you have a few hours I encourage you to read it, or do like I do and read in in installments while you are waiting for stuff to compile or the like.
Posted by Sinizter - Sat 02 Feb 2008 20:35
chrestomanci
I number of years ago, I found an interesting article on Wired.com on how FLAG (The cable that got severed) was built.

Wired 4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board

It is Loooog (56 pages), but a good read, and full of interesting anecdotes so if you have a few hours I encourage you to read it, or do like I do and read in in installments while you are waiting for stuff to compile or the like.


Man, that is one long rambling discourse.