Hmmmmmm...
This also happened in January 2008 (
here,
here and
here) and it turned out to be a coincidence but still... From the
SANS Internet Storm Center:
Undersea cables out
We have received reports about 3 Undersea cables being cut in the Mediterranean Sea.
Internet Traffic Report is noting some significant problems in Asia. Look here.
Bloomberg
has some more information:
Severed Cables in Mediterranean Disrupt Communication (Update3)
Internet and telephone communications between the Middle East and Europe were disrupted after three submarine cables between Italy and Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea were damaged.
The failures cut the flow of "data of various kinds" between Europe and the Middle East, and there's no timeframe for when communications will be restored, said Sanjeev Gaur, director of assurance at Reliance Globalcom Ltd. in India. France Telecom SA, which plans to send a maintenance boat to fix the problem, said the situation should be back to normal by Dec. 31.
Three cable systems carrying more than 75 percent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America have been damaged, according to the U.K.'s Interoute Plc, which operates a fiber- optic data network connecting 92 cities. The cables run from Alexandria in northern Egypt to Sicily in southern Italy.
Posted by DaveH at December 19, 2008 1:46 PM