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Conspiracy Theorists on Internet Outage
With several undersea cables cut within days, the rest of the Middle East,
North Africa and South Asia including India and Pakistan are having
serious Internet problems. Is all of this just a coincidence? These
questions are being raised in various ways and reported by Jerusalem
Post and CNN on the causes of this massive outage. Many find it
difficult to accept the ostensible reason:… Continue
Added by Riaz Haq on February 4, 2008 at 8:35am — No Comments
Cricket Super Bowl in South Asia?
As New England Patriots meet New York Giants for Super Bowl XLII tomorrow,
there is the usual annual excitement among the football fans planning
for Super Bowl parties around the country. In addition to being a great
sporting event, Super Bowl has also become a gigantic commercial
extravaganza for a whole range of businesses. For example, the media
are the big beneficiaries of the multi-million dollar TV… Continue
Added by Riaz Haq on February 2, 2008 at 11:15am — No Comments
Internet Woes Persist in Pakistan As Second Cable Snapped
Telecom, was snapped on Friday morning, according to a BBC report.
This is the second undersea cable that has gone down in two days. This
latest cable is believed to lie alongside SWM4 undersea that snapped
earlier.
The cause of the latest break has not been confirmed but a repair ship has been deployed, said owner Flag Telecom. FLAG is a
28,000km (17,400 mile) long submarine communications… Continue
Added by Riaz Haq on February 1, 2008 at 4:02pm — No Comments
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