I would consider myself a very skilled precision underwater backhoe operator.
On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian < ops.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dave Farber's IP list. > > > > > From: France Telecom / Press <infos.gr...@orange-ftgroup.com> > > To: France Telecom / Press <infos.gr...@orange-ftgroup.com> > > Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between > > Europe and Asia/Near East zone > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) > > X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 > > trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 > > X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", > > PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" > > X-Virus-Status: No > > > > If you can't read this email, please go to : > http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html > > Paris, December 19, 2008 > > Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and > > Asia/Near East zone > > > > 3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) > > France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart > > > > France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: > > ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. > > The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between > > Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain > > unclear. > > > > Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through > > the USA. > > Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic > > from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or > > lesser extent (see country list below). > > Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% > > towards Jordan. > > A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following > > impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): > > - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service > > - Djibouti: 71% out of service > > - Egypt: 52% out of service > > - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service > > - India: 82% out of service > > - Lebanon: 16% out of service > > - Malaysia: 42% out of service > > - Maldives: 100% out of service > > - Pakistan: 51% out of service > > - Qatar: 73% out of service > > - Syria: 36% out of service > > - Taiwan: 39% out of service > > - Yemen: 38% out of service > > - Zambia: 62% out of service > > > > France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats > > based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France > > Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its > > mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at > > 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on > > location on Monday morning for a relief mission. > > Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on > > the Sea Me We3. > > By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the > > situation should be back to normal. > > > > > > download all the press release > > press contactsLouis-Michel Aymard ? +33 1 44 44 93 93 > > latest releasespress information and communication professionals > > -- Josh Potter
