Fourth Undersea Cable Cut

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Fourth Undersea Cable Cut

Unread post by Istik » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:08 pm

Internet services in Qatar have been seriously disrupted because of damage to an undersea telecoms cable linking the Gulf state to the UAE, the fourth such incident in less than a week.

UPDATE: Flag plays down net blackout conspiracy theories

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) said on Sunday the cable was damaged between the Qatari island of Haloul and the UAE island of Das on Friday.


http://www.arabianbusiness.com/510132-i ... reak?ln=en

Looks like it could be Godzilla chewing on cables again...
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