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Undersea Cable Whac-A-Mole Game Continues

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Undersea Cable Whac-A-Mole Game Continues

The people and businesses that rely on the SeaMeWe-4 underwater cable for Internet connections cannot be happy.  Although repairs following a December 19th incident were more or less completed on schedule, a new break has screwed things up yet again.

The FLAG Europe-Asia, GO-1, SeaMeWe-3, and SeaMeWe-4 cables were all damaged 10 days ago.  SeaMeWe-4 was the first to be fixed.  Now, James Niccolai reports, "Engineers from France Telecom had just finished repairing the Sea Me We 4 cable on Dec. 25 when the same cable broke again in a different place, this time 388 kilometers (241 miles) off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt . . ."

Cable Map' /><br /> <p>So a repair ship known as the Raymond Croz is going to pick up more cable from a base in Sicily and take a second crack at repairing SeaMeWe-4.  SeaMeWe-3 will be placed on the figurative backburner while this occurs.</p> <p>But things aren't quite as bad this time as last.  Work on the FLAG Europe-Asia and GO-1 cables should continue according to plan, since they're owned by a different company.  And, if we're to seek out more positive results, satellite Internet providers in the Middle East and South Asia are almost certainly getting rich right now.</p> <p>Look for some semblance of normality to return by January 5th.  The cause(s) of all the cable damage hasn't yet been determined.</p> </div> <script> (function() { function initCopyableSections() { document.querySelectorAll('.article-content .copyable-section').forEach(function(section) { if (section.querySelector('.copyable-section__btn')) return; var btn = document.createElement('button'); btn.type = 'button'; btn.className = 'copyable-section__btn'; btn.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Copy to clipboard'); var label = section.getAttribute('data-copy-label'); btn.textContent = label ? 'Copy ' + label : 'Copy'; section.appendChild(btn); btn.addEventListener('click', function() { var contentEl = section.querySelector('.copyable-section__content'); var text; if (contentEl) { text = contentEl.textContent.trim(); } else { var clone = section.cloneNode(true); var btnClone = clone.querySelector('.copyable-section__btn'); if (btnClone) btnClone.parentNode.removeChild(btnClone); text = clone.textContent.trim(); } if (!text) return; navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).then(function() { var t = btn.textContent; btn.textContent = 'Copied!'; btn.classList.add('copied'); setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = t; btn.classList.remove('copied'); }, 2000); }); }); }); } if (document.readyState === 'loading') { document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', initCopyableSections); } else { initCopyableSections(); } })(); </script> <!-- Tags --> <!-- Correction Form --> <div class=

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