Internet to Pakistan Goes Down

TwobyTwo writes "According to CNN, a power supply problem on an undersea cable has severed all outside Internet connectivity to Pakistan. Many businesses have been seriously impacted. Repairs will involve some disruption to access from other countries, and are tentatively scheduled for overnight." From the article: "'It's a worst-case scenario. We are literally blank,' said a senior foreign banker who declined to be identified. An official at the Karachi stock exchange said Pakistan's main bourse was unaffected as it had its own internal trading system."

Comments

Re:Get your tinfoil hats here

[KillShill]

what does routine spying and espionage have to do with "TIN FOIL HATS"?

it's ignorant dumbasses like yourself that cannot see that it is in fact going on all the time. of course they won't televise or write about it, cause it's supposed to be a clandestine operation.

so quit with your retarded "TIN FOIL" bullshit.

people have been spying on each other since the begining of time. it has nothing to do with FOIL, TIN or ALUMINUM.

Re:No landlines?

[ghoul]

Pakistans neighbours are India (Dont like pakis coz the Pakis massacred Hindus), Iran (Dont like pakis coz the Pakis massacred Shias), Afghanistan (Dont like pakis coz the Pakis sold out Uncle oSAMa) and Tibet which is too undeveloped to have internet cables(China doesnt want its colonies to get too developed)

So the sea is the main route. they do have backups via satellite but those links cant handle the same amount of load what with half the worlds script kiddies busy sending out viruses from there. I believe the first computer virus came out of Pakistan.