Following the break of three underwater Internet cables in the Mediterranean early last Friday, France Telecom has sent a ship, the "Raymond Croze," to examine and repair the damage. The cables are now thought to have been accidentally cut by a ship's anchor, and repairs were started yesterday at 1330 GMT; they will last until at least the start of the new year. The three cables affected were SEA-ME-WE3, SEA-ME-WE4 and FLAG, all owned by different consortiums, though France Telecom has a stake in the first two.Upon arriving at the scene, experts sent down a remotely operated submarine robot, known as "Hector," to track down the damage. However, a spokesman for France Telecom stated that the company did not know how long it would take to locate the cables, as an anchor could have dragged them several kilometers from their original locations. Nevertheless, the company believes that SEA-ME-WE3 will be repaired by the end of the year, and that SEA-ME-WE4 will be repaired by December 25th. The repair ship for the FLAG cable, called "Teliri" and operated by India's Reliance Globalcom, was still en route as of today, but the company hopes to have the damage repaired by the end of the week.
According to France Telecom, the situation has already improved for regions affected by the cuts, including India, Singapore, and Egypt. In fact, the Egyptian government has confirmed that over 80% of its Internet capacity had been restored.
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IF per chance it really was a Terrorist attack on the cables, why announce it and give whatever terrorist organization any publicity? By "disinforming" the poeple, we can protect many faltering economies and neuter the terrorists in one shot.
In espionage or military intelligence, disinformation is the deliberate spreading of false information to mislead an enemy as to one's position or course of action. In politics, disinformation is the deliberate attempt to deflect voter support of an opponent, disseminating false statements of innuendo based on the candidates vulnerabilities as revealed by opposition research. In both cases, it also includes the distortion of true information in such a way as to render it useless.
Disinformation techniques may also be found in commerce and government, used by one group to try to undermine the position of a competitor. It in fact is the act of deception and blatant false statements to convince someone of an untruth.
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You can take off your tinfoil hat any time now. What do you want us to believe? Bin Laden swam down and cut the cables? It's a "terrorist" attach against the Internets! Oh noes!
if there were no any signs of cable, the they should pay nothing.
They're underwater. Should they float buoys all the way across the Mediterranean Sea? What kind of competent ship's captain sails across a SEA with their anchor down?
That's the gangsta way of sailing the seas.
LOL
an anchor + a ship = destroyed cable, shielding or not.
anchors weigh a lot, and i mean alot. not to mention the anchor chain which (depending on how much is payed out) weighs more than the anchor.
anchors weigh a lot, and i mean alot. not to mention the anchor chain which (depending on how much is payed out) weighs more than the anchor.
Anchors weigh a lot, and so does the anchor chain?? WOW, thank you Jacques Cousteau.
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