Engineers are engaged in a deep-sea operation to restore internet and telephone access to millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia after the undersea cables that form one of the world’s main communication arteries were severed.A seabed earthquake is believed to be responsible for damaging three fibreoptic cables in the Mediterranean and leaving at least 15 countries with slow or no internet access and poor-quality telephone lines.To read this report in full in The Times, see http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5385679.ece.Also see:Third subsea cable repairs begin
Two ships have started repairs undersea cables that were cut on 19 December, disrupting telephone and net services to Asia and the Middle East.The cables were cut about 140km off the coast of Sicily and are thought to have been damaged by a ship.Egypt says it has been able to restore most of its communications by re-routing services, but other parts of the Middle East remain badly affected.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7797162.stmUndersea robot searches for severed cables [IDG]
A robot submarine was scouring the seabed 200 meters under the Mediterranean Sea trying to locate the ends of undersea cables that were cut on Friday, disrupting voice and Internet traffic.France Telecom said its repair ship the Raymond Croze had reached the site between Sicily and Tunisia on Sunday, where two of its cables had been cut, disrupting traffic between Europe and many countries in Asia and the Middle East.
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Robot dives in to find Mediterranean internet sea break
Engineers are engaged in a deep-sea operation to restore internet and telephone access to millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia after the undersea cables that form one of the world’s main communication arteries were severed.