February 6, 2008

Fourth Cable Cut

For the forth time this week there has been a communications cable incident that has takes the internet into the Middle East. The cable has apparently either been cut or failed due to overloading. There is definitely something going on in that region or maybe this is just a massive bunch of coincidences.

Some of the cables belong to the same company Flag Telecom, who have had two cables damaged, most communications traffic has been rerouted somehow, but this must have had a severe effect on how the different types of communications are being used.

There was word that when the first cables were cut, there was no shipping in that area at the time, so somewhere along the line there is something going on, whether it is the cables are old, damaged or have been deliberately.

Source [Engadget]