Millions in Middle East Lose Internet

Shipwack writes "Tens of millions of internet users across the Middle East and Asia have been left without access to the web after a technical fault cut millions of connections. The outage, which is being blamed on a fault in a single undersea cable, has severely restricted internet access in countries including India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and left huge numbers of people struggling to get online. Observers say that the digital blackout first struck yesterday morning, with Egypt's communications ministry suggesting it was caused by a cut in a major internet pipeline linking it to Europe."

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Second Frosty Piss

[Anonymous Coward]

When your HVAC gives out and you just absolutely must have that frosty piss, you'll be glad your colo provider has N+1 redundant equipment.

Also, I just came across my monitor and it covered your first line of text. Without the redundant line, I would never have been able to read what you said!

Re:its a 'web'

[mwvdlee]

Aren't Windows authentication servers hosted in the US?
They're lucky if they even manage to get their OS started!