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Yep. I wonder if anyone learned from the last event: http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/middle-east-undersea-cable-cuts-strike-again/2008-12-19 On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dave Farber's IP list. > >> >> From: France Telecom / Press <[email protected]> >> To: France Telecom / Press <[email protected]> >> Subject: Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between >> Europe and Asia/Near East zone >> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:09:03 +0100 (CET) >> X-Concentric-MX-Info: s=0AKNHR84D300:1 ts=0 td=53 dt=0 tro=1 tra=2 >> trb=1 sro=1 sra=2 ic=0 >> X-Concentric-DKIM: SigStatus="No signature", PolSusp="No", >> PolTest="No", Policy="none", Handling="none" >> X-Virus-Status: No >> >> If you can't read this email, please go to : http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/cp081219en.html >> Paris, December 19, 2008 >> Three undersea cables cut: traffic greatly disturbed between Europe and >> Asia/Near East zone >> >> 3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG) >> France Telecom Marine cable ship about to depart >> >> France Telecom observed today that 3 major underwater cables were cut: >> ?Sea Me We 4? at 7:28am, ?Sea Me We3? at 7:33am and FLAG at 8:06am. >> The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between >> Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain >> unclear. >> >> Most of the B to B traffic between Europe and Asia is rerouted through >> the USA. >> Traffic from Europe to Algeria and Tunisia is not affected, but traffic >> from Europe to the Near East and Asia is interrupted to a greater or >> lesser extent (see country list below). >> Part of the internet traffic towards R?union is affected as well as 50% >> towards Jordan. >> A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following >> impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity): >> - Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service >> - Djibouti: 71% out of service >> - Egypt: 52% out of service >> - United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service >> - India: 82% out of service >> - Lebanon: 16% out of service >> - Malaysia: 42% out of service >> - Maldives: 100% out of service >> - Pakistan: 51% out of service >> - Qatar: 73% out of service >> - Syria: 36% out of service >> - Taiwan: 39% out of service >> - Yemen: 38% out of service >> - Zambia: 62% out of service >> >> France Telecom immediately alerted one of the two maintenance boats >> based in the Mediterranean area, the ?Raymond Croze?. This France >> Telecom Marine cable ship based at Seyne-sur-Mer has received its >> mobilization order early this afternoon and will cast off tonight at >> 3:00 am with 20 kilometers spare cable on board. It should be on >> location on Monday morning for a relief mission. >> Priority will be given to the recovery of the Sea Me We4 cable, then on >> the Sea Me We3. >> By December 25th, Sea Me We4 could be operating. By December 31st, the >> situation should be back to normal. >> >> >> download all the press release >> press contactsLouis-Michel Aymard ? +33 1 44 44 93 93 >> latest releasespress information and communication professionals > >
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