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notime · 12-20-2008, 08:15 AM

Looks like half the world has lost their internet connections when a main sea cable was damaged.
It was just on the news.
Could take up to a week to repair

EscortBiz · 12-20-2008, 08:27 AM

http://www.reuters.com/article/inter...4BJ0FV20081220

anyone know if this effects the Philippines?

The Duck · 12-20-2008, 08:27 AM

Works for me

ladida · 12-20-2008, 08:30 AM

I'm here, so i dont care!

:P j/k

notime · 12-20-2008, 08:37 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792688.stm

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...Q&refer=europe

The SMW4 cable, also known as SEA-ME-WE 4or South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable network, connects 12 countries: Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy and France.

fubar00 · 12-20-2008, 08:52 AM

just finished a skype vid chat with someone in France so some part of the country must have internet access.

Anyone else using skpe getting spam request from dating sites? I've gotten two requests this morning one for fling and one for xxxblackbox both from people pushing the affiliate programs and not from actual users, if there are any real users on those sites. no big deal really just a bit annoying when anonymous chat request pop up while you're trying to get stuff done.

Shoehorn! · 12-20-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by notime

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7792688.stm

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...Q&refer=europe

The SMW4 cable, also known as SEA-ME-WE 4or South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable network, connects 12 countries: Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy and France.

We can't bill most of those countries anyway.

Daddy Big Nuts · 12-20-2008, 09:35 AM

I hope that this does not affect Achmed posting here.

Violetta · 12-20-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Daddy Big Nuts

I hope that this does not affect Achmed posting here.

omg... that would be terrible!

~Ray · 12-20-2008, 09:38 AM

who really cares?

spacedog · 12-20-2008, 09:39 AM

glad it didn't happen in the US

mona · 12-20-2008, 10:55 AM

My sister lives in Cairo and they're having MAJOR issues, though she says that's not all that uncommon AT ALL!

Rochard · 12-20-2008, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by fubar00

just finished a skype vid chat with someone in France so some part of the country must have internet access.

Anyone else using skpe getting spam request from dating sites? I've gotten two requests this morning one for fling and one for xxxblackbox both from people pushing the affiliate programs and not from actual users, if there are any real users on those sites. no big deal really just a bit annoying when anonymous chat request pop up while you're trying to get stuff done.

I'm pretty sure that most of these countries can be re-routed. That's why the Internet was created in the first place; It's hard to kill it. If the main cable to France was cut, it still has many other connections in place.

And yes, I'm getting spammed daily on Skype for dating sites. Once or a twice a day. It's 10am here and I already got one this morning - the same exact text, just a different name and a different link.

baddog · 12-20-2008, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

oddly enough, ..spam is down 50% this morning.

Fat Panda · 12-20-2008, 11:23 AM

this has been on drudge for 3 days

baddog · 12-20-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kandah

Works for me

So, you want us to believe that Scandinavia is not part of the Middle East or South Asia?

Whose got a map?

Allformyspace · 12-20-2008, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by SAC

this has been on drudge for 3 days

It happened yesterday you dumbass!

2012 · 12-20-2008, 12:42 PM

i wonder what caused the damage, sounds fishy

John-ACWM · 12-20-2008, 01:20 PM

That is a little disturbing...

CurrentlySober · 12-20-2008, 01:33 PM

I like the comment below the article on the bbc link...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7792688.stm

It reads:

Quote:

I teach English at a high school in Sisaket. The last few days our connections have been very, very slow. Yesterday, when I was trying to teach some students how to use Limewire to download movies and songs, the connection seemed to be nearly non-existent. We thought that maybe the wire to our building had been damaged.
Les Blane, Sisaket, Thailand

They TEACH Piracy in schools ???

Dvae · 12-20-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuyInTheCorner

I like the comment below the article on the bbc link...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7792688.stm

It reads:

They TEACH Piracy in schools ???

You expect them to pay for something they can get for free?

biskoppen · 12-20-2008, 01:47 PM

Cut the internet to the states end Europe for a full week and you'll have an economic collaps to talk about

CurrentlySober · 12-20-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Dvae

You expect them to pay for something they can get for free?

I fully understand the 'Get it for free' part...

It just surprised me that it was actually being TAUGHT in schools...

9.00am - 10.00am 'Piracy class'...

bobby666 · 12-20-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Daddy Big Nuts

I hope that this does not affect Achmed posting here.

no achmed uses a satelite telephone connection

d-null · 12-20-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatGuyInTheCorner

I fully understand the 'Get it for free' part...

It just surprised me that it was actually being TAUGHT in schools...

9.00am - 10.00am 'Piracy class'...

that is unbelievable, but culturally I guess that explains why the third world webmasters don't even understand that there is a problem when they show their sites full of stolen content, it makes zero sense to them that anyone would even care about creative property

Cyandin · 12-20-2008, 02:30 PM

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The Duck · 12-20-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockatansky

omg... that would be terrible!

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