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Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean

Posted by timothy on from the now-we-need-a-plucky-diver dept.

GWMAW writes "A robotic submarine searched beneath the Mediterranean on Sunday for damaged communications cables, two days after Web and telephone access was knocked out for much of the Middle East. Telecommunication providers from Cairo to Dubai continued Sunday to scramble to reroute voice and data traffic through potentially costly detours in Asia and North America after the lines running under the Mediterranean Sea were damaged Friday." According to the article, "Once found, the cable ends will be pulled to the surface and repaired on deck — a process that could take several days."

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  1. Re:Maybe this time ... by pipboy9999 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... they will find Gilligan's Island and rescue the castaways.

    And then whom ever owns the copy right to Gilligan's Island will misread the headline and sue them for using the under sea cable to download episodes of Gilligan's Island

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  2. Dang! I was getting SUCH a good deal by HawkinsD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dang it! I was getting SUCH a good deal from the colocation facility in Yemen.

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  3. Wow by papasui · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop pissing off Andrew Ryan.

  4. Re:Maybe this time ... by internetcommie · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the age of the intarwebs undersea piracy has replaced piracy on the high seas!

  5. Re:How do they do it? by John+Hasler · · Score: 4, Funny

    > How do they repair the cables?

    Superglue and duct tape.

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  6. Re:How do they do it? by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Funny

    this is for UNDER WATER use.

    therefore, its better left to DUCK tape.

    (sorry....)

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  7. Re:How do they do it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, you don't have to do a thing. They already have people who do know what to do.

  8. Re:How do they do it? by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Red Green to the rescue!

  9. cables and eavesdropping by BigHungryJoe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got sources inside US intel that tell me these are botched attempts by Syrian intelligence to tap these undersea lines.

    The chair is against the wall.

    John has a long mustache. That is all.

    1. Re:cables and eavesdropping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The chair is against the wall.

      What was Ballmer's role in all this?

  10. Re:How do they do it? by CODiNE · · Score: 2, Funny

    Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.

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  11. Re:How do they do it? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew it! Sharks with Lasers! We don't need any stupid submarines.

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  12. Re:How do they do it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.

    So we use witch tape?

  13. Re:How do they do it? by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.

    Only if they weigh the same as a witch!

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  14. Re:Gilligan Saved the Cable! by Wansu · · Score: 4, Funny

      Gilligan didn't cut the cable, ...

    He gingerly buried it in Marianne's trench.

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  15. Re:How do they do it? by Anomalyst · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you nudged it, the connection went down!

    So, after a nudge, nudge you get a wink, wink? Does that make the cable a goer?

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