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Ship's Anchor Kills Internet

Thursday, 31 January 2008

Apparently, some hillbilly was out fishing and got his prized lure caught on the main internet cable. Not really, but the disruption has been linked to a ship's anchor damaging the cable which knocked out a ton of users and businesses that depend on the internet.

This is actually a scary thought because what if it happened to the US. My whole carreer and past time depends on the internet. Could you imagine if we didn't have internet for awhile?! No Xbox 360, no WebTurd.com...no nothing!

" India and countries across the Middle East experienced slow Internet connections and disruption to international calls to the U.S. and Europe after two submarine cable systems in the Mediterranean Sea were cut yesterday.

Repairs to the break, which may have been caused by a ship's anchor near Alexandria, northern Egypt, will start on Feb. 4, a spokesman for Flag Telecom Group Ltd., which operates one of the cables, said by phone from Mumbai today. Customers are being provided with alternatives through other cables, he said.

The cable breaks have cut capacity by more than half for some Web access and telephones companies in the affected regions. They carry 70 percent of voice traffic to the West, according to Orascom Telecom Holding SAE, the biggest mobile-phone company in the Middle East and North Africa. Stock trading in Egypt and phone calls from as far away as the U.S. have been disrupted. "

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