2011 submarine cable disruption explained
2011 submarine cable disruption refers to two incidents of submarine communications cables cut off on 25 December 2011. The first cut off occurred to SEA-ME-WE 3 at Suez Canal, Egypt and the second cut off occurred to i2i which took place between Chennai, India and Singapore line. SEA-ME-WE 3 is the longest datacable on earth of length, which links South-East Asia to Western Europe through the Red Sea.[1] Both the incidents had caused the internet disruptions and slowdowns for users in the South Asia and Middle East in particular UAE.[2] [3] [4] [5]
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- News: Deep sea cable snap will make Internet slower: du. khaleejtimes.com. 27 December 2011. 27 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111227075751/http://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data%2Ftheuae%2F2011%2FDecember%2Ftheuae_December715.xml§ion=theuae. 27 December 2011. live.
- News: Cable cut slows down Internet in UAE. emirates247.com. 26 December 2011. 27 December 2011. https://archive.today/20130122005230/http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/cable-cut-slows-down-internet-in-uae-2011-12-26-1.434621. 22 January 2013. live.
- News: Cable cuts could slow Emirates Internet. finance.yahoo.com. 26 December 2011. 27 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035949/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/company-cable-cuts-could-slow-143049901.html. 5 March 2016. dead. dmy-all.
- News: du alerts customers over disruption in Internet services. gulftoday.ae. 27 December 2011. 27 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120108100248/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/be625050-5cf4-47be-8a68-431308642e28.aspx. 8 January 2012. dead.
