Interoute, the internet networks company, reports that three of the four internet sub-cables that run from Asia to North America have been damaged.
The cables carry more than 75 percent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America.
The AP is reporting mass outages in Egypt as of an hour ago.
Major sub-sea cables break once a year. So companies have developed a fall-back plan. If one sub-sea cable is out, traffic is re-routed onto a second cable. In theory, a dual break, where both cables go out at once, is incredibly rare. Prior to January this year, it had not happened before.
This is huge! That’s millions of people not being able to access the net. Hopefully it will reduce the amount of requests I get to purchase “hot iphone” in my spam box.
ha ha Daniel!
But really this is a shock 3 out 4 cables damaged!
We really need to ensure that the internet never goes down – What other alternatives are there in place if all 4 cables where damaged?
How long would these cables be out of action for?
I know its the last thing on people’s mind with the economy screwed but this could cause major issues if it was to go down completly.
Regards,
Robbie
What a news – what $ amount in revenue / ad spending / traffic and etc. was lost at the time the 3 internet cables where broken.
Failures can be divided into those who thought and never did, and those who did an never thought