2011 submarine cable disruption refers to two incidents of
submarine communications cables
A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea. The first submarine communications cables laid beginning in the 1850s carried tel ...
cut off on 25 December 2011. The first cut off occurred to
SEA-ME-WE 3 at
Suez canal
The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popular ...
,
Egypt and the second cut off occurred to
i2i which took place between
Chennai,
India and
Singapore line. Both the incidents had caused the internet disruptions and slowdowns for users in the
South Asia and
Middle East in particular
UAE.
See also
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2008 submarine cable disruption
The 2008 submarine cable disruption refers to three separate incidents of major damage to submarine optical communication cables around the world. The first incident caused damage involving up to five high-speed Internet submarine communications ca ...
References List
Submarine cable disruption
Submarine cable disruption
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Technological failures
December 2011 events
2010s internet outages
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