Middle East Undersea Cable Cuts Now Affect 85 Million Internet Users

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Middle East Undersea Cable Cuts Now Affect 85 Million Internet Users

Feb 07, 2008 8:52 AM PDT
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Continuing from previous reports, FLAG telecom now reports 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 reveal just how expansive the disruptions have been.

The damages 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.

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Re: Middle East Undersea Cable Cuts Now Affect 85 Million Internet Users Foong W.K. – Feb 18, 2008 2:03 AM PDT

Looks more like an attempt to completely block off general communications for entire middle east to the outside world. With such a frequent occurrences of similar incidents over the past few months, it is hard to not link them to some bad things behind the scene.

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