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Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access
Internet traffic disrupted between Europe, Middle East and Asia
December 19, 2008 (IDG News Service) Internet and telephone traffic between Europe, the Middle East and Asia was hampered today after three major underwater data lines were cut, according to France Telecom.
The cuts occurred between 07:28 and 08:06 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (2:28 a.m. and 03:06 a.m. Eastern) on lines in the Mediterranean Sea that connect Sicily to Tunisia and Egypt, the telecommunications company said.
The cuts were to the Sea Me We 4 and Sea Me We 3 lines, which connect countries between Singapore and France as well as the Flag Telecom cable route, which stretches from the U.K. to Japan, according to a France Telecom spokeswoman who asked not to be named.
France Telecom isn't sure what caused the cut, she said. "We have two assumptions. The first is that it could be an underwater earthquake," she said. "Or it could be simply a ship in the area which has cut the cable."
Didn't a similiar thing happen a few months ago, when a few cables were "cut"? Seems kinda strange, almost like someone or some country is testing their ability to cut these cables?
Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access
Internet traffic disrupted between Europe, Middle East and Asia
December 19, 2008 (IDG News Service) Internet and telephone traffic between Europe, the Middle East and Asia was hampered today after three major underwater data lines were cut, according to France Telecom.
The cuts occurred between 07:28 and 08:06 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) (2:28 a.m. and 03:06 a.m. Eastern) on lines in the Mediterranean Sea that connect Sicily to Tunisia and Egypt, the telecommunications company said.
The cuts were to the Sea Me We 4 and Sea Me We 3 lines, which connect countries between Singapore and France as well as the Flag Telecom cable route, which stretches from the U.K. to Japan, according to a France Telecom spokeswoman who asked not to be named.
France Telecom isn't sure what caused the cut, she said. "We have two assumptions. The first is that it could be an underwater earthquake," she said. "Or it could be simply a ship in the area which has cut the cable."
Didn't a similiar thing happen a few months ago, when a few cables were "cut"? Seems kinda strange, almost like someone or some country is testing their ability to cut these cables?
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