So is this cause for concern or just "business as usual" with respect to the daily operations of USFO cables? Seems somewhat out of place to have four within five days but then it might be only slightly abnormal and amplified by the media paying more attention. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Donelan [mailto:sean@donelan.com] Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:22 PM To: Marcus H. Sachs Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Fourth cable damaged in Middle Eest (Qatar to UAE) http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i03tUdyj8wf2Xa9P4trWEjqAJdyQ DOHA (AFP) . An undersea telecoms cable linking Qatar to the United Arab Emirates was damaged, disrupting services, telecommunications provider Qtel said on Sunday, the latest such incident in less than a week. The cable was damaged between the Qatari island of Haloul and the UAE island of Das on Friday, Qtel's head of communications Adel al Mutawa told AFP. On Sun, 3 Feb 2008, Marcus H. Sachs wrote:
Sean, do you have any URLs with additional info on the new cut? Questions are being asked.
Marc
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Donelan Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 6:52 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Fourth cable damaged in Middle Eest (Qatar to UAE)
A fourth submarine cable in the middle east was damaged Sunday between Haloul, Qatar and Das, United Arab Emirates.
This is in addition to the damage affecting FLAG, SAE-ME-WE4, FALCON cables.
Afer reviewing surveillance video of the area, Egypt's ministry of maritime transportation is reporting no ships were near the FLAG or SAE-ME-WE4 cables 12-hours before or after the cable damage near Alexanderia, Egypt. The reason for outage of the cables has not been identified yet.