Anybody suspect that the Iranians are behind this pattern of cable cuts?
Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a cut undersea cable.Ships have been dispatched to repair two undersea cables damaged on Wednesday off Egypt.
FLAG Telecom, which owns one of the cables, said repairs were expected to be completed by February 12. France Telecom, part owner of the other cable, said it was uncertain when repairs on it would be repaired.
Stephan Beckert, an analyst with TeleGeography, a research company that consults on global Internet issues, said the cables off Egypt were likely damaged by ships' anchors.
Of course, a ship that's intentionally dragging for data cables will snag and snap those cables with a bit of effort.
What do y'all think?
Comments (3)
Isn't this the third cable cut," by anchors", in about a week. India , Dubai and Iran.
Posted by Mark W | February 2, 2008 3:05 PM
Posted on February 2, 2008 15:05
The best way to cripple a powerful country is to kill power or Internet. No Internet! No TV! No air conditioning! It's only a matter of time before some group of back-woods, last-century terrorists figure out a way to do it.
Posted by Lynette Radio | February 3, 2008 7:30 AM
Posted on February 3, 2008 07:30
Iran can't take on India, who also had their cable cut. That's just silly.
Posted by Caleb | February 3, 2008 11:00 AM
Posted on February 3, 2008 11:00