Interesting… a massive Internet outage started off the year; now one seems to be ending it. One could almost start looking for conspiracies, as followed the earlier outage. France Telcom says it’s a matter of undersea cables being cut again, with 55% of Saudi service being taken offline. India seems the worst hit, with Qatar and Zambia close behind.

So, perhaps there’s some group underneath the waves that doesn’t like the Internet? An intifada with seashells? Downsized Christmas elves making an economic statement?

Is the internet going down?
Undersea sub-cables have just broken…

Breaking news: something’s happening to the internet, right now. We’re just not quite sure what.

Interoute, the internet networks company, reports that three of the four internet sub-cables that run from Asia to North America have been damaged.

These carry more than 75 per cent of traffic between the Middle East, Europe and America. It’s hard to gather what this actually means – is it that the internet is down or (more likely) significantly slower than usual between the Middle East and America? (If you’re reading this, let’s face it, the internet has not shut down altogether)

But, according to the company, there is a domino effect taking place.
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