The supposed severing of an
Thursday, January 31, 2008
The supposed severing of an underwater cable in the Mediterranean Sea has crippled Internet service in the Middle East, particularly in high-tech regions like Dubai and the cities of India. Various conflicting reports on causes and effects have issued from different nations and companies in the region, with one Egyptian official blaming a "boat's anchor"; repair times range from at least a week to unknown. Meanwhile, "India's Internet bandwidth has been sliced in half," and Dubai's private sector has been crippled by significant loss of both data and voice communication. So far, the Kraken has not been formally implicated. [CNN]
