On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:56:39 -0500 (EST) Sean Donelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Caution: upon further research it appears there may be some language > misscommunication in some of the reports; and some of the outages may > be multiple reports of the same incidents. > > > > http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February115.xml§ion=theuae > Confirming international media reports, an Etisalat official > yesterday told Khaleej Times that the cable network was not > completely severed, though the damage slowed down the already > affected system. He did not give any further details regarding the > cause of damage. [...] > This is the third incident of its kind in the area since January 30 > since the cables were first damaged in the Mediterranean and then > off the coast of Dubai, causing widespread disruption to Internet and > international telephone services in Egypt, Gulf Arab states and > south Asia. > > FLAG restoration update information: > http://www.flagtelecom.com/media/PDF_files/Submarine%20Cable%20Cut%20Update%20Bulletin%20Release%20030208.pdf > http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=21567&email=html is probably as authoritative a source as one can find for what happened. It says there were two cuts in the Mediterranean (SEA-ME-WE 4 near Marseille) and Flag Telecom's Europe-Asia cable near Alexandria. The Flag Telecom Falcon cable was cut between UAE and Oman, and the Qatar-UAE cable failed due to a power issue. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
