Major Internet Failure - Geek News

[Boris]

Why all you geeks silent on this?

Internet failure hits two continents - CNN.com

[Star Gazer]

probably they're busy trying to see how to rectify and/or find ways to compensate for the internet outage...

is or will hk be affected?

[HKFella]

Almost the same time last year it happened to undersea cables on the Pacific side. What's it about winter?

[Stoob]

Almost the same time last year it happened to undersea cables on the Pacific side.

Yes, allegedly, it was a fishing boat one year and an earthquake the next...

...The mainland chaps are probably busy thinking up another plausible reason to cause the next Asian "outage".

[MrMoo]

Well I know Cairo came back in less than a day, so not really that bad.

Funny that the biggest spendy nations don't have redundant connections though: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait.

[Lammarite]

I have enjoyed posting abusive comments on Facebook to all my friends in Dubai and Oman knowing they cannot see them!

[Sleuth]

Certainly explains why I could not call India yesterday.

[KnowItAll]

>> Certainly explains why I could not call India yesterday.

Probably also knocked out half the call centers in India.

[Boris]

Now another one cut. Is there a mini sub going round with a giant pair of wire cutters ?

BBC NEWS | Technology | New cable cut compounds net woes