Who cuts undersea cables in the Middle East?
Internet connectivity still remains slow in several Middle East countries due to the cable damage near Egypt, Iran and Dubai. An improvement is not expected soon as operators claim there are many complexities involved in fixing the problem. In addition, all voice calls, corporate data and video traffic were also affected.
The first two cables, off Alexandria in Egypt, were cut on January 23. Over the weekend a looped cable in the Gulf waters was cut in two points, off Dubai and off Iran's Bandar Abbas. The cuts have raised many conspiracy theories on their reasons.
However, the International Cable Protection Committee, an association of 86 submarine cable operators dedicated to safeguarding undersea cables, has declined to speculate on the cause of the breaches, adding investigations were underway.
In the UAE, an estimated 1.7 million Internet users have been affected by the recent undersea cable damage, an expert said, quoting recent figures published by TeleGeography, an international research Web site. In the UAE, nearly 90 per cent of Internet traffic is routed through undersea cables and only 10 per cent is done through the satellite.
Quoting TeleGeography and describing the effect the cuts had on the Internet world, Mahesh Jaishanker, executive director, Business Development and Marketing, du, told Khaleej Times: “The submarine cable cuts in FLAG Europe-Asia cable 8.3km away from Alexandria, Egypt and SeaMeWe-4 affected at least 60 million users in India, 12 million in Pakistan, six million in Egypt and 4.7 million in Saudi Arabia.”
A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar Abbas in Iran and SeaMeWe-4, also near Alexandria.
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Cable cut
the last comment is very logical hahaha.
Crafty rerouting
I think web traffic is being rerouted through bugged servers which were put in place before the cables were cut.
Agree
Sharks may have mistaken the cables for dental floss.
Chomp Chomp.
Probably sharks.
War launch
The war is already underway, it has been for two weeks
Who cut cables?
Is it a coincidence that the Iran non USD oil Bourse was/is scheduled to commence by February 2008
Israel and US are responsible
The only countries who stand to lose from the Iranian bourse are Israel (with the blosoming of Iran’s economical power) and the US (because the Iranian bourse will effectively ruin the dolar’s value).
Editorial: Who Cut Cables?
The title is totally misleading. For shame.
who cut cables?
Its not misleading at all. The fact that 5 were cut in about a week can not be a coincidence. Someone had to do this. Therefore the question is appropriate.
How is it misleading?
You might not have thought so, if you had some backgrounf information on the topic.
Correction
Judy, the title is speculative, not misleading. It presumes that cables were cut by humans rather than by some other mechanism (like an earthquate). You would only be mislead if you accept this presumption.
5 cables cut?
This is no coincidence. The United States is getting ready for war.
Cables????
Agree with your view,otherwise US could have blamed Bin Laden,as always,,,,
cables cut
there are no coincidences in crime
Obviously.
Of course, America is going to attack Iran when it hasn’t even been affected by the cuts. Obviously.
Cable cuts
With who?
Of course, Marvin.
Of course we are getting ready for war marvin, what else could it be? Clearly all big wars are preceded with underwater cable cutting. get a life
Not necessarily the US
This is just as likely to have been committed by Arab leaders. In many countries, for example Iran, the Internet is an unregulatable focal point of anti-government sentiment.
Who cut the cables?
The arab countries dont have the necesarily equipped submarines to do the cutting. The US and possibly Israel do have those subs. For example google USS Jimmy Carter, a specifically designed sub for missions like undersea cable splicing and tapping, and of course cuting.
And the US has been warmongering in the region for years now, and clamoring for a war with Iran. Its quite clear to me who the usual suspects are.
It worked
Finally, sharks with freakin’ laser beams attached is paying off. Muuwahhahhahh!
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