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Damage to SEA-ME-WE 4
For more details on this topic, see 2008 submarine cable disruption.
On January 30, 2008, Internet services were widely disrupted in the Middle East and in the Indian subcontinent following damage to the SEA-ME-WE 4 and FLAG Telecom cables in the Mediterranean Sea. Disruptions of 70 percent in Egypt, and 60 percent in India were reported along with problems in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.[5][6] In India, small users felt the impact while ISPs could service large users who have more lucrative contracts.[7]
While the respective contributions of the two cable systems to this blackout is unclear, network outage graphs show anomalies at 0430 UTC and again at 0800 UTC.[8] The FALCON submarine communications cable was reported severed off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf on 1 February 2008, making it the third over a two day period.[9]
Though the cause of the damage to SEA-ME-WE 4 or FLAG has not been declared by either cable operator and 12 hours of video before and after the incident show no ships being in the area[10], a number of sources speculate these were caused by a ship's anchor near Alexandria,[5][10] while the Kuwait government attributes the breaks to "weather conditions and maritime traffic."[11] The New York Times reported that the damage occurred to the two systems separately near Alexandria and Marseilles.[12] The water near Alexandria is restricted and Egypt knew of "no passing ships" at the time.[7]
Currently, SEA-ME-WE 3 is the only remaining cable connecting Europe to the Middle East via Egypt. Data transmission capacity between India and Europe has been reduced by 75 percent, causing much of the traffic between these sites to be rerouted through the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[9]
[Reactie gewijzigd door Verwijderd op 23 juli 2024 05:44]