The undersea cables linking Asia and Europe, have reportedly been cut again. The same cables were repaired early this year, damaged by some ships. This disrupts the internet access and phone service between the Middle East, Europe, and parts of Asia. An additional third cable is down in the same region.
The cables Sea Me We 4(SMW4), SMW 3 and FLAG EA - run under the sea between Egypt and Italy and carry 90% of all data between Europe and Middle East.
According to Reports, India seems to have been hit with around 82% of traffic getting affected. I have also getting slow speed, and found difficulty while posting this article. As, there is congestion in the network due to the routed traffic.
As this happens twice in a year, some agencies felt of some kind of conspiracy. But the good news is that the cables would be repaired by this week or at most by 31st dec.
Although the shut down will take several days to fix, and could have a major impact on the region and across the world. It is likely to hit businesses who will struggle to communicate in the affected countries. Call-centres who work for British companies are likely to be offline or hard to contact in the coming days. Others warned that bank and stock market trading could be affected.
The digital blackout highlighted the vulnerability of global communications. Hundreds of millions of people access the web, but the vast majority of international traffic runs through a a small amount of cables submerged below the sea.
How Undersea Cables are repaired :
Below is an animation showing how the damaged undersea cables are repaired by ships :
Submit your comments, how much you got affected by this breakdown..!!
Source:TimesOnline, http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5372294.ece
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