Third submarine Internet cable severed

An Internet cable running under the ocean has been severed, making it the third such cable to be rendered useless since Wednesday. The results? Up to a 75 percent loss of network activity in the area between India and Europe.

Read the full report on BBC: "New cable cut compounds Net woes"

[inachu]

I think this is just done on purpose so CIA can tap lines further speeding the capture of data and pin pointing the location.

[plbyrd]

I hope they are.

[nouser]

I have a tinfoil hat for sale. Looks like you need ti.

[ToddWBeaver]

Jack Bauer doesn't believe in coincidences like this an neither do I. <br /><br />Inachu: Jack Bauer is looking for you!

[ToddWBeaver]

Jack Bauer doesn't believe in coincidences like this and neither do I. <br /><br />Inachu: Jack Bauer is looking for you!

[dredgerie]

There's a book called Breakpoint that has a freakishly similar plot in the story-line, only it happens to the west. Maybe someone's playing copycat.

[MyRightEye]

Statistically impossible that this was not done on purpose. This is being done for a reason. Brace yourself.

[herewegoalice]

Let's see:<br />Many of the world's data centers and call centers are located in India.<br />The traffic must now be rerouted through indirect hubs.<br />China knows a lot about monitoring, Russia knows a lot about hacking.

[ryan20100]

Lou Dobbs and Mitt Romney teamed up to save all those jobs in Michigan.

[sundance_tree]

cable cuts are fairly common, last december south east asia experienced the same problem, it was because of an undersea quake and the fact that the supposedly alternative and redundant connections were only really a few miles apart.

[joabel1971]

Sorry, not a coincidence. Iran was supposed to open up their Oil Bourse (Oil Exchange) based on the Euro this week (Feb. 1-11). The US has been scared of this happening since Saddam Husein tried it back in the early 90's (looking for sources). This would devalue the dollar since the only 3 existing oil exchanges are based on the greenback. <br /><br />Iran's main router is now completely cutoff from the internet. Check it out: <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm" target="_newWindow">http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm</a>

[joabel1971]

Ah, not early 90's, sorry, it was in August 2000, when Saddam met with Venuzuala's Chavez about trading oil using the Euro. It's all coming to a head, folks. We won't be able to keep the internet turned off forever. :) Cutting communications is a pre-emptive act of war, by the way.

[joabel1971]

Interesting, no ships were reported in the area of the damage, 12 hours before to 12 hours after. <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7222536.stm" target="_newWindow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7222536.stm</a>

[joabel1971]

Whoops, looks like a fourth was damaged on Sunday. Still a coincidence?<br /><br /><a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/February/theworld_February77.xml&#38;section=theworld&#38;col" target="_newWindow">http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/February/theworld_February77.xml&#38;section=theworld&#38;col</a>