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Undersea Cable Cutting BogeyMan Returns
Three lines cut in the Mediterranean Sea
It appears that the undersea cable cutting bogeyman has returned, this time cruelly disrupting Internet and telephone communications by severing three submarine cables between Italy and Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. According to Interoute, the three damaged lines carry more than seventy-five percent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America. The cables run from Alexandria in northern Egypt to Sicily in southern Italy. "The information we have is a bit sketchy, but chances are that it will have been an anchor again," says Interoute.

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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL

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Mr Matt

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I hope that the cable cut affected traffic from India.

I hope the cables serving voice traffic to India are cut frequently. Maybe it will force corporate America to move technical support call centers back to USA and give Americans some jobs.