When a few cables cut get, you can sort of say it was an accident, right? What would you say when a total of five have been cut? That ain’t no accident. 1.7 million Web surfers were affected in the UAE yesterday when a fifth cable was mysteriously cut. The locations of each cable that has been cut is as follows: “SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran and SeaMeWe-4, also near Alexandria.”
But, then again, inclement weather could have caused that tanker to drag its anchor across the bottom and render everything FUBAR.
On another note, FLAG Telecom has been begun repairing the damaged cable in the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and France. FLAG also stated that a repair ship has begun work on two cables near Egypt, the FLAG Europe-Asia and the SEAMeWe-4. The damaged cable in the Mediterranean should be fully operational within six to seven days, said FLAG. To ensure future cuts don’t occur, FLAG has also begun laying down a new cable that is said to be more resilient, but they wouldn’t elaborate on what that means and it will, apparently, take months to set.
Cable damage hits 1.7m Internet users in UAE [Khaleej Times]
FLAG Telecom: New Internet cable being laid in Mediterranean after cut off Egypt coast [The Age]
It’s unfortunate that news get so blatantly miscommunicated sometimes. They haven’t been cut, they have failed, there is no reason given at this time for their failure, but it doesn’t mean they’ve been cut.
Last time we saw Halle Berry and John Travolta cavorting in Swordfish, weren’t they off the Mediterranean coast?
Coincidence?
I think no.
My sentiments exactly.
It’s sharks.
Sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their frickin’ heads.
Damn you, Dr. Evil!
couldn’t earthquakes explain this? Does it have to be terroists or a conspiracy?
Think humongous prehistoric fish with preddeveloped reptilain tail fins.
“About 60-80 per cent of damages to undersea cable are due to (external factors) and only 10 per cent on average can be classified as component failure,” said Tabbara.
Source:http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February155.xml§ion=theuae
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