Faulty cable crashes Pakistan Internet, from Reuters
An undersea cable carrying data between Pakistan and the outside world has developed a serious fault, virtually crippling data feeds, including the Internet, telecommunications officials said Tuesday.
That’s got to be a first: an entire country dropping off the net. Can you imagine if this happened in the US? I shudder to think.
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Rick Roche
I wondered why an undersea cable, so I looked at a map. Pakistan is surrounded by Iran, Afghanistan, China, and India, none of which are very friendly to the country. I guess it makes sense.