Fifth Undersea Internet Cable Cut ...

[Harvik780]

Well that can't be a coincidence .. five undersea Internet cables have been cut or disabled over the past week or so. These are 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. The first cut in the undersea Internet cable occurred on January 23, in the Flag Telcoms FALCON submarine cable which was not reported. This has not been repaired yet and the cause remains unknown, explained Jaishanker.

A major cut affecting the UAE occurred on January 30 in the SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4). "This was followed by another cut on February 1 which was on the same cable (FALCON). This affected the du network majorly as connections from the Gulf were severed while there was limited connectivity within the region," said Khaled Tabbara, executive director, Carrier Relations, du. He explained that the network was re-routed through Al Khobar in Saudi Arabia and was near normal now. Almost 90 per cent of Internet traffic is routed through undersea cables and only 10 per cent is done through the satellite. The experts also suggested that the cause of damage could have been a ship's anchor that was dragging due to inclement weather conditions in the region during that particular period.

This has to be intentional. C'mon, aside from the RIAA hiring a seamonster to cut off music pirates in Iran, what are the odds that this is all random?

Thanks to Watcher for submitting this one.

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[nvidia]

Soon we will be completely disconnected from the internet if this continues......

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

It could also be due to the Siesmic Waves generated by the Tectonic Movement of the Earth's Plates .

 

[skeletor]

Soon we will be completely disconnected from the internet if this continues......

100% correct........Well, I'm getting good speeds at the moment. Above 230KB/s

 

[NucleusKore]

Hmmmm.......they'll soon link it to Al Quaeda
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Who knows, we may soon get a video tape
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[skeletor]

^^ Lol!

 

[gxsaurav]

Like I said before.....Atlantis is taking over

Damn those mermaids

 

[hullap]

m gettin terrible speeds

 

[The Conqueror]

I am enjoying the speeds which i am getting on my 256kbps (HOME UL 900) :
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3MBPS download speed yipeeeeeeeee!!!!

 

[nileshgr]

what is happening is this world ? all cables r being cut.

 

[nvidia]

@Harry Potter: How the hell are you getting such speeds???

 

[The Conqueror]

@nvidia : dunno why but who cares ????????

I am enjoying the insane speeds
downloading as much as possible

 

[nvidia]

^^This is insane....
I'm getting less than 100Kbps...

 

[The Conqueror]

m getting such speeds since yesterday night.
Hoping that the speeds would not get downgraded.
Now i need more HDDs

btw how many undersea cables are there in total ?? just curious

 

[nvidia]

^^Are you thinkin that if another cable gets cut, then you may get more speeds?

 

[The Conqueror]

ya.
This speed roxxx BTW
its super fast.............

 

[Gigacore]

lol... peace of mind... finally

 

[nvidia]

@harry: Do you use photoshop??

 

[nileshgr]

@harry: Do you use photoshop??

better to use GIMP. GIMP is an tough alternative for Photoshop.

 

[The Conqueror]

LOL i dont even know how to use photoshop..... and what is GIMP btw ??
and FYI, i used paintbrush and printscreen to make this screenshot
i have downloaded about 60 GB now from last night
there was a powercut for 2-3 hrs else i could have downloaded more