Fourth Undersea Cable Taken Offline In Less Than a Week

Fourth Undersea Cable Taken Offline In Less Than a Week 499

Posted by Zonk on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:36AM from the bad-week-to-be-a-backbone-cable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Another undersea cable was taken offline on Friday, this one connecting Qatar and UAE. 'The [outage] caused major problems for internet users in Qatar over the weekend, but Qtel's loss of capacity has been kept below 40% thanks to what the telecom said was a large number of alternative routes for transmission. It is not yet clear how badly telecom and internet services have been affected in the UAE.' In related news it's been confirmed that the two cables near Egypt were not cut by ship anchors." Update: 02/04 07:13 GMT by Z : A commenter notes that despite the language in the article indicated a break or malfunction, the cable wasn't cut. It was taken offline due to power issues.

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Could be war -- or an attempt at self-isolation (Score:5, Funny)

by Nefarious Wheel ( 628136 ) * writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:37AM (#22287796) Journal

Sounds like a concerted effort to isolate muslim nations, to me. Singapore, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE. We're looking for airplanes aiming for buildings and they're attacking the world under the sea with a pair of clippers and a web cam.

Undersea cables. . ? (Score:1, Funny)

by fanhack ( 1194715 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:41AM (#22287818)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop [wikipedia.org]

Oh no. (Score:5, Funny)

by ChePibe ( 882378 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:49AM (#22287880)

Underwater backhoes.

The last safe spot for the network admin has been found - and destroyed.

Re:The cable was not cut - Bad summary, bad! (Score:5, Funny)

by SEWilco ( 27983 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:51AM (#22287900) Journal

Don't interrupt us with facts!

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

by fohat ( 168135 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @01:57AM (#22287958) Homepage

Cue: Vogon Contsructor Fleet
"People of Earth, Your attention please..."

Re:Testing the system.. (Score:3, Funny)

by Chris Kamel ( 813292 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:06AM (#22288028)

I think you are severely overestimating the technological level of "terrorists".

I guess this means... (Score:5, Funny)

by afabbro ( 33948 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:21AM (#22288138) Homepage

...that the Old Ones are finally stirring. Must be part of that Cthulhu For President 2008 campaign.

Re:deliberate? still don't think so (Score:5, Funny)

by Stealth Potato ( 619366 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:26AM (#22288170)

...it's not the U.S. government behind it. It would more likely be some incompetent, rogue group that doesn't know what it's doing.
So, like the United States Government then? :-D

Re:Could be war -- or an attempt at self-isolation (Score:3, Funny)

by gad_zuki! ( 70830 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:29AM (#22288184)

>effort to isolate muslim nations, to me. Singapore, Pakistan, Qatar, UAE.

Yeah, take that Islamic Republic of Singapore!

Christ, even our tin-foiled conspiracy nuts cant be bothered to do the basic research, guess thats why they're conspiracy nuts.

Cloverfield Promo? (Score:5, Funny)

by GaryPatterson ( 852699 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:30AM (#22288188)

It's not an overly elaborate promotional thing for a Middle-East release of Cloverfield is it?

I mean, we're all getting bored of the alternate reality web thingies these films do to hype themselves before release, so it sort of makes sense to kick it up a notch (bam!)

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

by kestasjk ( 933987 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:30AM (#22288190) Homepage

...the bombs in 3... 2... 1...

Seriously, is there anyone who doesn't think this is either a precursor to military action, or a direct attack on Iran's about-to-launch Euro-based oil market?

4 cuts, as far as I am concerned, is no co-incidence. I literally expect to turn on the TV and see bombs falling any day now. Economy down, turn up the war machine. It really is a common historical sequence.

I think it's going to be the end of the world. The four horsemen draw near. OMG FOUR horsemen?! Coincidence? I don't think so.

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @02:48AM (#22288312)

I'd appreciate any comment with a logical basis...

You do know where you are, right?

it doesn't even have to agree with me.

Ah, I see the answer may be yes.

Re:Also in terms of any intelligence related actio (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @03:27AM (#22288508)

As a precursor to military action, something like this makes sense only if idiots are running the show.
Which is precisely why everyone is speculating on the US is involved.

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

by pipatron ( 966506 ) writes: <pipatron@gmail.com> on Monday February 04, 2008 @05:49AM (#22289000) Homepage

Their president is a belligerent idiot, [...] , and they continue to pursue nuclear weapons

Hm, remind me again, which country are you talking about here?

Re:Scrap metal? (Score:2, Funny)

by MPAB ( 1074440 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @07:04AM (#22289224)

then wrapped in armor plating to protect against most of the common undersea hazards.

Are they CTHULHU-proof?

Re:Cue... (Score:3, Funny)

by aproposofwhat ( 1019098 ) writes: on Monday February 04, 2008 @09:35AM (#22289950)

Four horsemen?
No - among the horsemen are Famine, War, Pestilence and Death.
Nobody expects...

Re:Cue... (Score:3, Funny)

by HAKdragon ( 193605 ) writes: <hakdragon.gmail@com> on Monday February 04, 2008 @11:17AM (#22291242)

..the Spanish inquisition!

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Could be war -- or an attempt at self-isolation (Score:5, Funny)

Undersea cables. . ? (Score:1, Funny)

Oh no. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:The cable was not cut - Bad summary, bad! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Testing the system.. (Score:3, Funny)

I guess this means... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:deliberate? still don't think so (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Could be war -- or an attempt at self-isolation (Score:3, Funny)

Cloverfield Promo? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Also in terms of any intelligence related actio (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Scrap metal? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Cue... (Score:3, Funny)

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