Damaged Cable Disrupts Internet in the Middle East
Posted by Troll on 30 January 2008 - 23:28 · 26 comments & 19277 views
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#1 Posted by Citrusleak on 30 Jan 2008 - 23:30
- That's crazy! I can't imagine fixing an undersea line would be a quick job, as you would first have to find the problem.
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#1.1 Posted by Zip on 31 Jan 2008 - 00:23
- you can determine cable length and thus the break point using special hardware
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#1.2 Posted by Troll on 31 Jan 2008 - 02:22
- Exactly, you can measure the line's distance by the resistance and impedance. We do so in the electrical world with the underground power lines. However, under the sea would be much more difficult if only for the difficulty in repairing it, if it can be done underwater or has to be repaired above ground.
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#2 Posted by
neufuse on 30 Jan 2008 - 23:48
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India lost over half its bandwidth? whast left must of been all VoIP traffic to the USA -
#2.1 Posted by SimpleRules on 31 Jan 2008 - 00:57
- Oh noes, Indian call centres.
I prefer Indian call centres, at least I don't have to listen to a support agent saying 'words' like "dude" & "cool". -
#2.2 Posted by neufuse on 31 Jan 2008 - 02:21
- (SimpleRules said @ #2.1)Oh noes, Indian call centres.
I prefer Indian call centres, at least I don't have to listen to a support agent saying 'words' like "dude" & "cool".
Maybe you do, but when I can't tell what they are saying at all or talking so fast I dont know what they just said... it is very frustrating... -
#2.3 Posted by RAID 0 on 31 Jan 2008 - 10:05
- (neufuse said @ #2.2)(SimpleRules said @ #2.1)Oh noes, Indian call centres.
I prefer Indian call centres, at least I don't have to listen to a support agent saying 'words' like "dude" & "cool".
Maybe you do, but when I can't tell what they are saying at all or talking so fast I dont know what they just said... it is very frustrating...
My favorite is when they say their name is "Mike Williams" or some other American or English name. I tell them my name is Tarbash Kimmal. It's a funny thing to do. You should try it.
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#3 Posted by Tantawi on 30 Jan 2008 - 23:52
- Downstream speed is VERY slow here in Egypt, but upload speed is fine, hope they can fix that fast enough :s
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#3.1 Posted by ramymamlouk on 31 Jan 2008 - 08:51
- I tried downloading Opera this morning on my LINKdotNET 1Mbit line, and I got a speed of 4.0 kbit/sec. I have to admit that I am thankful that we were rerouted; last night was a total darkness to me.
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#4 Posted by theyarecomingforyou on 31 Jan 2008 - 01:28
- The CIA should perhaps be a bit more careful installing monitoring devices in future.
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#5 Posted by Intelligen on 31 Jan 2008 - 02:02
- This just in, North America reporting decrease in Email Spam.
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#6 Posted by +Beastage on 31 Jan 2008 - 02:55
- Good thing we Israelies got our very own sea cables
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#7 Posted by Gabe3 on 31 Jan 2008 - 03:22
- 50% of internet fraud just decreased!
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#7.1 Posted by ]SK[ on 31 Jan 2008 - 07:07
- Heh yep. Hopefully most call centres in India won't be working. I would love to punch the person who thought of Indian call centres.
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#7.3 Posted by winmoose on 31 Jan 2008 - 10:57
- Heh yep. Hopefully most call centres in India won't be working. I would love to punch the person who thought of Indian call centres.
Its funny how some companies actually see it as a feature of their service and advertise that their call centres aren't in India, its like saying "we don't make this **** in Chine, we promise!".
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#9 Posted by vipwoody on 31 Jan 2008 - 09:32
- Here in Lebanon our internet connections are via satellite.. mmm that what ive been told. My ISP is from Germany.. that what my IP tells me.
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#10 Posted by Amano on 31 Jan 2008 - 12:52
- I'm living this nightmare in Egypt. Now depending on 3G network but it's also slow. I thought undersea cables are shielded and strong enough, how is the hell 2 cables were broken at the same time, and Alexandria was in blackout for 30 minutes.
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#11 Posted by BanneD on 31 Jan 2008 - 13:25
- we had the same problems in baltic countries like 4 years ago, cable got broken under the sea in latvian waters or something, took them week to fix it and it wasn't even fixed by local operators. We had one of the biggest European ISPs working on it.
The Bahrain Telecommunications Co said its services were affected after two undersea cables were cut near Alexandria, on Egypt's north coast. The Egyptian telecoms ministry said it did not know how the cables were cut or if weather was a factor. Storms had forced Egypt to close the northern mouth of the Suez canal on Tuesday. India also reported serious disruptions to its services and Rajesh Chharia, president of the Internet Service Providers' Association of India, told Reuters: "There has been a 50 to 60 percent cut in bandwidth." Chharia told the Headlines Today news channel that a "degraded" service would be up and running by Wednesday night, but full restoration would take 10 to 15 days. "The big operators have transferred their small broadband connectivity through the Pacific route, and that's the reason there's no hue and cry in the country," he said.