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Title: Three of four underseas Internet sub-cables broken Post by: Alex on December 20, 2008, 11:08:18 AM Three of four underseas Internet sub-cables broken
According to telecom provider Interoute, three of the four underseas sub-cables connecting Asia to North America have been severed for unknown reasons. These cables carry more than 75% of the internet traffic between the America, Europe, and the Middle East. The cut occurred today somewhere in the Mediterranean, between Sicily and Tunisia, though, at present, the reasons for the cut are unknown; nevertheless, France Telecom has stated that it thinks an attack is "unlikely." At present, 65% of internet traffic with India is offline, 59% with Singapore, 44% with Malaysia, 55% with Saudi Arabia, 52% with Egypt, 39% with Taiwan, and 51% with Pakistan. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/rnCTqpFvMNA/three-of-four-underseas-internet-sub-cables-broken |