Steve Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hi-tech Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a cut undersea cable. One major telecommunications provider blamed the outage, which started Wednesday, on a major undersea cable failure in the Mediterranean. India's Internet bandwidth has been sliced in half, The Associated Press reported, leaving its lucrative outsourcing industry trying to reroute traffic to satellites and other cables through Asia. Reports say that Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain are also experiencing severe problems. Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -- and Lebanon and Iraq. Many Middle East governments have backup satellite systems in case of cable failure. ********************************* Frankly, I'd go nuts with a prolonged lapse of internet. I'd miss it before I miss food I think. Sad to say but its true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 whats this 'go nuts'? :smirk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Hi-tech Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a cut undersea cable. One major telecommunications provider blamed the outage, which started Wednesday, on a major undersea cable failure in the Mediterranean. India's Internet bandwidth has been sliced in half, The Associated Press reported, leaving its lucrative outsourcing industry trying to reroute traffic to satellites and other cables through Asia. Reports say that Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain are also experiencing severe problems. Nations that have been spared the chaos include Israel -- whose traffic uses a different route -- and Lebanon and Iraq. Many Middle East governments have backup satellite systems in case of cable failure. ********************************* Frankly, I'd go nuts with a prolonged lapse of internet. I'd miss it before I miss food I think. Sad to say but its true. Jesus.. I know what you mean... I'm going nuts right now... wait a minute.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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