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Three of Five Mid-East Undersea Cable Cuts Set for Fix By Weekend

by Tim Stevens on February 8, 2008 at 10:07 AM

Three of Five Undersea Cable Cuts Set for Fix By Weekend

We wrote yesterday that five the undersea data cable cuts had resulted in Internet outages for a whopping 85 million people scattered throughout the Middle East. Now, reports are coming in that repairs for three of those five cables are underway and should be completed in time to allow many of them to get back online this weekend.

The cables connecting Egypt and Italy, Dubai and Oman, as well as another cable near Egypt, should all be fixed by sometime Saturday, restoring connectivity for much of the reason. And, while the cause of the cuts are still largely a mystery -- leading many on the Web to wonder whether terrorists are to blame -- a discarded anchor was discovered near one of them, which suggest that the cut was probably accidental. The other four still remain a mystery, however, and it's unknown when the last two of the cuts will be repaired. We'll keep you posted.

From Engadget

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Tags: Internet, Middle East, MiddleEast, Undersea Cable, UnderseaCable

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