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Pakistan's internet link crippled
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| 28 June, 2005
Posted on 06/28/2005 8:53:42 AM PDT by Altair333
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta; WestCoastGal; MamaDearest; Domestic Church; DAVEY CROCKETT; lacylu
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posted on
06/28/2005 11:17:09 AM PDT
by
nw_arizona_granny
(Get the United States out of the UN and the UN out of the United States,....)
To: punchamullah
Agreed. We used to use microwave in Kuwait and it was extremely unreliable, especially when a sandstorm would start up.
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posted on
06/28/2005 11:19:25 AM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Altair333
Our submarines are amazing!
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posted on
06/28/2005 12:31:39 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God)
To: Altair333
I find this highly unlikely. Only Pakistan? Not India too?
Something is up. Some entity does not want people in Pakistan to communicate via the Net.
Osama, anyone?
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posted on
06/28/2005 12:41:29 PM PDT
by
Naomi4
To: Wiz
65
posted on
06/28/2005 2:04:19 PM PDT
by
Gengis Khan
(Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until u hear them speak.)
To: ikka
Supposedly the NSA or other US agency has the ability to tap into underseas cable by placing a large box full of equipment beside the cable via submarine and then somehow splicing into the fiber. But if something goes wrong, the user can lose use of the cable for up to two weeks.
To: Altair333
I remember reading when the US tapped the USSR's phone cable in the Aleutians (IIRC), we didn't know where it was until a recon sub saw a sign on shore that said "No dragging, cable". The information off that tap was amazing, and done with non intrusive means that had to be physically removed and returned to the US for recovery.
Apparently we use intrusive means now.........
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posted on
06/28/2005 2:17:23 PM PDT
by
ScreamingFist
(Peace through Ignorance)
To: LexBaird
Nail. Head. Whack.
FYI, this break is causing huge problems for outsourced call centers using IP telephony (most of them). I was reading earlier that a number of banks and other large companies that have outsourced their backroom operations and web services to Pakistani companies and that they're entirely offline at this point. Some credit card processors can't handle transactions, there are airlines that can't take reservations, and there's at least one bank that can't even tell you what your account balance is. There are companies that have effectively shut their doors because of this (one airline lost their entire reservation system...the backend databases, the online interfaces, AND their telephone based service reps are all located in Pakistan).
For all practical purposes, if a company has outsourced anything to Pakistan, they're losing serious money right now.
To: Brilliant
Nope. Fiber-optic cables can relay a data signal around the world at the speed of light. Wireless connections with satellite relays would have to bounce your signal through hundreds of wireless relays to make the same trip, introducing huge delays. You can't get any faster than the speed of light, and fiber cables are the only method we have for funneling light beams around the planet.
Wireless is a decent technology for the endpoint connections, but we're not likely to see anything faster than fiber cables in our lifetimes.
To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Undersea cables have electrically charged cables or sheathing built in to power their inline repeaters. If something broke the sheathing...like a rockslide, a fish, or some kind of sea worm...sea water would leak in and could short the cable out, killing the repeaters. Since all of the articles describe some kind of electrical problem, I'm assuming that this is what happened.
To: RichardW
I've been wondering the same thing.
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posted on
06/28/2005 3:48:25 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.And we're unlikely to get a look into this t)
To: RichardW
I wonder if this isn't some kind of blackout for political purposes. There was another report on yet another thread that mentioned cell phone service was also out.
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posted on
06/28/2005 3:50:32 PM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: Arthalion
Most of these noodles are buried, usually 1 -2 metres below the mudline, from the 1000 metre contour to the beach manhole. 80% of faults are caused by ship's anchors or bottom trawling gear, most of the balance by chafing or seismic activity.
To: BIGLOOK
Sounds like a page out of "Blind Mans Bluff" ;-)
To: Altair333
Hmmm I hope our CIA is busy installing bugging equipment while they fix it :)
75
posted on
06/28/2005 10:23:30 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: Petronski
You mean child right? They are, after all, trying to imitate Mohammed at his finest.
76
posted on
06/28/2005 10:25:39 PM PDT
by
Windsong
(FighterPilot)
To: Brilliant
India seems to be doing okay, at least the southern part of it.
Whatever happens the Islamomaniacs will blame Bush for it.
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posted on
06/29/2005 6:32:28 AM PDT
by
Agnostic
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