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Damage to sea cables disrupts internet
31 января 2008 |
Repair ships were on Wednesday night rushing to the Egyptian coast after damage to two undersea cables disrupted internet traffic across large parts of the Middle East and south Asia.
At least one of the cables had been severed, possibly by a ship’s anchor, authorities said. Internet services in Egypt were cut off and web traffic in India disrupted.
There was speculation on Wednesday that bad weather had caused ships to drop anchor near the Egyptian coast.
However, Verizon, the second-biggest US telecommunications group, which
is part of a consortium that owns the cables, said it had not yet
determined the reason for the damage.
“We have seen some ships going through an area dragging their
anchors,” a spokeswoman said, adding that the cables were situated
close to each other near the Egyptian port of Alexandria.
Egypt’s telecommunications ministry said that the damage had disrupted
70 per cent of the country’s internet network, leaving Cairo without
internet access all day.
Tarek Amer, Egypt’s deputy central bank governor, when asked about the
impact of the disruption on the banking system, said: “We are
disappointed [with] the service and will consider alternatives for the
banking system if this happens again.”
India also reported serious disruption to its services. “There has been
a 50-60 per cent cut in bandwidth,” said Rajesh Chharia, president of
the Internet Service Providers’ Association of India.
He told the Headlines Today news channel that a “degraded” service
would be up and running by Wednesday night, but full restoration would
take 10-15 days.
“The big operators have transferred their small broadband connectivity
through the Pacific route, and that’s the reason there’s no hue and cry
in the country.”
Residents of Gulf Arab states also reported a slowdown in internet
connection. The Bahrain Telecommunications Company said its services
were affected.
Verizon warned that “other countries may be affected” by the damage.
The cables are two of several hundred underwater conduits that direct
internet traffic across the globe.
Verizon said it could take several days to fix the cables, which must
be raised from the ocean floor before repairs could begin. It said
there were no indications that the damage to the cables was the result
of sabotage.
“It can take a couple of days to deploy ships, find the cable, and bring the cable on to the ships to inspect,” the company said.
Until the cables are repaired service providers will be forced to find alternative routes to affected areas.
Wednesday’s incident echoed the situation in 2006, when an earthquake
centred near Taiwan severed several undersea cables leading to the
disruption of internet services across a wide swath of Asia.
Источник: Financial Times
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