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Undersea Cables Damaged By Earthquake

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the least-of-our-concerns dept.

ColoradoAuthor writes "The horrific earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in Japan have caused widespread damage to undersea communications, according to data collected by telecom industry sources. Initially, it was thought that the damage to the cables that connect Japan and Asia to each other and other parts of the world was limited, but new data shows the extent of the problems."

3 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Does this mean the hentai is down?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about that.
    In a couple days some of them might have tentacles of their own, so...

  2. Godzilla by cgfsd · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is a government cover up, we all know it was actually Godzilla that caused it!

  3. Who'd have guessed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Konami code appears to be the code to disable Japan in real life.

    (I'm going to hell for this...)