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

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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Mid-East Cable Cuts Now Affecting 85-Million -- Are Terrorists Involved?

Middle Eastern Cable Cuts Affecting 85-Million

Over the past few weeks, numerous undersea data cables providing data access to large portions over the Middle East have been severed. Five separate cable cuts have been detected since January 23, a rash of incidents that some have blamed on wayward fishing trawlers, while others are suspecting terrorism. Regardless of the cause, the scope of the damage is just now becoming known, with 85-million users said to be currently unable to connect to the Internet.

The outages are primarily impacting people from Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and India, countries that rely on the undersea cables for their connectivity to the rest of the world. Repairs are ongoing right now, but it's unclear just how long they'll take or when the region will be back online. And, since the cause of the cuts is still unknown, there's no guarantee that once they're fixed, it won't just happen again.

From BetaNews

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Fourth Undersea Cable Cut, Stoking Suspicions of Intent

United Arab Emirates

A fourth undersea cable that carries Internet connectivity to and from the Middle East has been cut, according to various reports. The previous three cuts caused major disruptions to Internet service in the region and in some cases led to complete Internet blackouts.

This latest cable is operated by Qatar Telecom, and the disruption affected mainly that part of the United Arab Emirates, the federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula. While this latest cut didn't cause a complete disruption of service to Qatar, the prior cable failures caused major Internet blackouts in several Arab states in the Persian Gulf region.

According to reports, the latest disruption was caused by a power failure and not by a ship's anchor slicing the physical cable, as has been suspected in the other three major disruptions. These same reports hint at the suspicion that the cuts have been intentional but, so far, there has been no confirmed report that these disruptions are the result of an organized effort.

From Engadget.

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