Middle East Internet Submarine Cable Outages Now Affect 85 Million
Tim Conneally writes on BetaNews.com:
With FLAG telecom now reporting damages to the FALCON undersea cable that actually occurred on January 23, one week before the four publicized cable cuts, experts are now beginning to paint a picture of just how expansive the disruptions have been.More here.
The severence of undersea cables FLAG Europe-Asia and SEA-ME-WE 4 about 8.3 km off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, affected at least 60 million users in India, 12 million in Pakistan, 6 million in Egypt, and 4.7 Million in Saudi Arabia, according to DU telecom Executive Director Mahesh Jaishanker, in a statement to the United Arab Emirates-based Khaleej Times.
posted by Fergie @ 2/06/2008 05:43:00 PM
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