Damage to a pair of undersea telecom cables in the Mediterranean has
disrupted Internet connectivity [1] in the Middle East, Pakistan and India. The incident occurred just north of the port of Alexandria, Egypt, where cables operated by Flag Telecom and SEA-ME-WEA 4 were severed by a ship anchor. The ships may have been diverted from Alexandria and unfamiliar with the area.
The cable cut has had a dramatic impact on Internet service in Egypt and Pakistan, according to Renesys, which monitors Internet routing and has
posted a detailed analysis [2] of the countries and networks affected by the outage. More than 65 percent of all communications networks in Egypt and Pakistan were disrupted, according to Renesys, while Kuwait. More than 500 networks experienced outages in India, which has nonetheless fared better than other affected regions because it has more providers and networks.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] disrupted Internet connectivity: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aWe706hsLNdY
[2] posted a detailed analysis: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/01/mediterranean_cable_break.shtml
[3] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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