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To: nwctwx; BurbankKarl
Jan. 31:
Cable cuts force rerouting of Internet traffic around the world

Carriers report Internet delays with India, Middle East connections
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Two fiber-optic underwater cables that were damaged yesterday in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt have resulted in Internet traffic delays for some U.S. users trying to link to India and the Middle East.

Feb. 2:
Third undersea internet cable cut in Middle East

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A third undersea cable has been cut after breaks near Egypt earlier this week disrupted internet access in parts of the Middle East and Asia, Indian-owned cable network operator FLAG Telecom said.

FLAG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's number two mobile operator Reliance Communications, said in a statement on its website its FALCON cable had been reported cut 56 kilometres from Dubai on a segment between the United Arab Emirates and Oman.


I find this very curious.

52 posted on 02/02/2008 12:41:52 PM PST by lainie ("You had your time, you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour" (Roger Taylor, 1984))
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To: lainie

Very curios, indeed.


88 posted on 02/03/2008 12:09:10 AM PST by Velveeta
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