[Infowarrior] - Mass Internet outages in Egypt after cables cut
Richard Forno
rforno at infowarrior.org
Fri Dec 19 17:27:11 UTC 2008
Mass Internet outages in Egypt after cables cut
1 hour ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmea01PjMKwYuU8amN4_n7W0ycEgD955S40G4
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's communications ministry says Internet
cables in the Mediterranean Sea have been cut, causing massive
Internet outages.
The ministry says three Internet cables running through the
Mediterranean were cut Friday morning. Throughout the country the
Internet is almost completely down or working sporadically.
The ministry says it will take "several days" for cables to be
repaired and is trying to switch Egypt's Internet to an alternative
route.
It is the second large-scale Internet outage in Egypt this year.
Undersea cables were also damaged in January, causing outages in the
Mideast and India.
Yemen and Sudan were also having phone and Internet difficulties
Friday, but it was unclear if it was connected to the outage.
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