If you're used to beginning your day by logging on to the net, brace yourself for a huge slowdown over the next few days. That's how long it could take to restore Internet services in India and large parts of West Asia to their normal level. Net access in these areas has been hit following damage to two undersea cables in the Mediterranean Sea. Internet service providers in India have put the disruption at 60 per cent of normal services while those in Egypt have been affected up to 70 per cent. Other countries affected in West Asia are the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The cable service provider has said the disruption was caused by a ship that accidentally cut the cable, after it was diverted from the Egyptian port of Alexandria due to bad weather. And it's not just the link to the web world that may have been snapped in Egypt but time came to a standstill for its users in Delhi as well. Internet providers reported at least a 50 per cent loss in service due to the disruption in connection. Although the Indian Internet Service Providers have said they have started a downgraded service, full restoration may be possible only after 10 to 15 days. It's time enough, perhaps, for Delhizens to learn about life beyond the Net. Is This True
Not really. From what I read, its only a minor snap in the cables and only BSNL and Bharti have stakes on that cable zone...the data traffic has already been routed thru other channels and 50% loss of service is a joke. a few sites are not working thats all.... Maybe someone from the panic-stricken area can respond?
I just downloaded a dead prez album at like 202KBps... I don't know what this news is about; I've seen it on a lot of places.