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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:04 PM Original message |
Is the internet going down? Undersea sub-cables have just broken... |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm on a rural dial-up with a POS computer |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Me too. Mine is showing 37 kbs right now, It's been as low as 4 nt |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. MSN says it was three cables in the Med, and it's mostly affecting Egypt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder what's going on in my old job right now. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sounds like a bad day to be outsourced... |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is the second time cables have been cut. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I remember that. I think you may be on to something. NT |
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chucktaylor (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. As I remember, 2 of the cables in Feb. '08 were from ships that has anchored illegally. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It was in February, and resulted from a ship dragging its anchor |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. A lot of it has to do with the way they're laid. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. O NOEZ ITS THE DARK AGES AGAIN! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Didn't this happen earlier this year as well? nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Fiber-seeking anchors, like fiber-seeking backhoes, are annoyingly common (nt) |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. OH SHIT! Noooooooo! |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Use the "Internet Traffic Report" (link inside) for a high level view of global traffic. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Kraken Wakes! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. AGAIN?????? |
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RJ Connors (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It does if the M.E. goes completly dark |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. take off the tinfoil hat |
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RJ Connors (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I am not relying on the upthreads |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. Not likely, the internet was designed from the beginning to be virtually indestructible. |
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