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Millions in Middle East Lose Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-web-for-you dept.

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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  1. serves them right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So how is it going with all those companies that outsourced support to india?

    1. Re:serves them right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      So how is it going with all those companies that outsourced support to india?
      It's going fine.

      What, you thought that situations like this aren't planned for?

      Moron.
  2. outsourcing by alxtoth · · Score: 0, Troll

    .."There has been a 50% to 60% cut in bandwidth, Rajesh Charia, president of the Internet Service Providers' Association of India told Reuters " .. Does this mean that all the outsourcing sweatshops will have to raise prices in order to cover their "investment in infrastructure" ?

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  3. Re:redundancy by Redlazer · · Score: -1, Troll
    Because it was funny, douchebag.

    Not the OP, btw.

    -Red

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  4. Re:Response Conjecture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, the Internet cuts you!

    So watch out MuthaFukka!

  5. Lost the Internet? by ettlz · · Score: -1, Troll

    Try looking down the back of the sofa.