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> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:21:00 -0800 > From: "Scott Francis" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Another cablecut - sri lanka to suez Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption > > > On Feb 1, 2008 6:37 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/third-undersea-cable-reportedly-cut/story.aspx?guid={1AAB2A79-E983-4E0E-BC39-68A120DC16D9} > > > > "We had another cut today between Dubai and Muscat three hours back. > > The cable was about 80G capacity, it had telephone, Internet data, > > everything," one Flag official, who declined to be named, told Zawya > > Dow Jones. > > The cable, known as Falcon, delivers services to countries in the > > Mediterranean and Gulf region, he added. > > this (3 undersea cables in about a week, serving the same geographic > area, with two of the cuts happening on the same day!) is leaving the > realm of improbability and approaching the realm of conspiracy ... "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence" comes to mind.
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