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Internet to Pakistan Goes Down

Posted by Zonk on from the wish-you-were-here dept.

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."

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  1. A lesson? by daniil · · Score: 0, Troll
    Maybe there's a lesson here somewhere: don't rely on just one means of communication too much, because if it goes down, you're paralysed. Who knows, maybe the doomsayers are right and the internet will collapse in a few years; imagine the chaos this will cause in the Western world!

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  2. CIA sez... by lelitsch · · Score: 0, Troll

    No email for you, Osama!

  3. Internet crashes in Pakistan by Worm5er · · Score: 1, Troll

    Thousands of packets dead!!!

    Film at 11...

  4. So that explains it! by supabeast! · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now I understand why www.burqua-sluts.com isn't loading.