[General] Undersea Cables Cut (Again)

[Majed B.]

Last time UAE claimed that ships have anchored near Alexandria in
places that they were not allowed to anchor at. Of course Egypt denied
that any of that happened (Which I'm tending to believe).

Add to that, the cables are not even that close to each other so it's
highly unlikely that 3 different ships anchored on top of these STURDY
cables by accident!!

Take a look at the cable design and diagram:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable
Here's a real picture of the cables themselves:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Submarine_Telephone_Cables_PICT8182_1.JPG

Now let's assume this is deliberate, the number of parties benefiting
from this are many! From cable companies themselves (to force ISPs
into keep paying maintenance fees), to industrial espionage or a
terrorist activity (China vs. EU & USA -- separating Asia from them).

..............

On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:31 PM, bashar abdullah
<bashar.abdullah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Used to it like regular down times ;/
> Majed: I am not a conspiracy kinda guy, but this is way beyond mistake. Y
> all of a sudden so many times in one year.
> You know first time the cut happened, Cnet Buzz Out Loud Podcast said it
> them selves. They said it would take us one cable to say it's conspiracy,
> now 3! I don't blame them to call it conspiracy.
> Did we ever get good explanation of the problem, and how they will avoid it
> in future?
>
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:48 AM, <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Call me a cynic, but I REALLY doubt that it's accidental or caused by
>> an earth quake.
>>
>> AND it's the second time that the Middle East "THREE" cables get cut!!
>>
>> --
>>       Majed B.

-- 
       Majed B.