So at this point there are a total of 5 undersea Internet cables which have been cut. This seems very odd to me. I would really like to know how many cables actually are cut/damaged in a given year. Is this a normal occurrence? It certainly seems very suspicious to most people who are hearing about this story. Please comment if you have any info to add to this.
Here are a collection of recent stories at this point:
- Cut four undersea cables, shame on you, cut a fifth, also shame on you
Engadge.com (Contains a map of where the cut cables are located)
6 February 2008 - Cable damage hits 1.7m Internet users in UAE
khaleejtimes.com
5 February 2008 - Clarification on Iran and exaggerations of full Internet Loss
Slashdot comments:
6 February 2008 - Google search for sites ending in .ir and hosted in Iran (you can set that option by the cr=countryIR)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&cr=countryIR&as_qdr=all&q=site%3A.ir - Ruptures call safety of Internet cables into question
International Herald Tribue (iht.com)
4 February 2008 - How one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people
guardian.co.uk
1 February 2008
