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  • Egypt: Sunday, February 10 - 2008 at 08:07

When the internet suddenly collapsed last fortnight across the Gulf countries and India, with the snapping of a one inch thick cable, it provided a grim prospect of the net being hostage to terrorist attacks. Though the precise cause of the cables snapping is not clear, what is clear is that the net is more vulnerable than it was thought, reported The Economic Times.

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Now new undersea cables are being planned in the Indian Ocean to ensure that such 'accidents' don't cause business to disrupt.

Global communications market watcher Telegeography Research lists at least four new fiber lines planned for the Europe-Egypt route over the next few years, including one by Flag Telecom, one by Telecom Egypt, another by the Egypt-based Orascom Telecom, and a fourth funded by India-Mid-East-West Europe consortium of companies.

These will ensure that the Gulf region-Mediterranean choke points have alternate routes to carry the world wide web traffic in the event of a cable snapping.



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