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Severed Cables Causes Massive Internet Downtime
July 10th, 2010 by editor
If you have friends or business associates from the Middle East or India, don’t expect an email coming from them anytime soon. The reason being that they are unable to connect to the Internet; it’s not because of some government crackdown or terrorist activity, but rather because of two damaged undersea cables in the Mediterranean.
There was disruption to 70% of the nationwide network in Egypt, and India suffered up to 60% disruption.
UK firms such as British Airways have told the BBC that call centres have been affected by the outage.
Industry experts said it could take up to one week to repair the damaged cables and resume full service.
International telephone calls, which have also been affected, are being rerouted to work around the problem.
If people still think that the Internet is a waste of time and money, they should look at it again. A lot of businesses rely on this service and is somehow connected to our daily lives. Repairs are currently underway.