Ekaterina Girnyk19:19, 03/05/24
This could be the reason for today’s global failure of the world’s largest social networks, providers and services.
Four of the 15 undersea telecommunications cables connecting Europe, Asia and Africa and supporting the global Internet and telecommunications were broken in the Red Sea.
These are the Asia-Africa-Europe 1, Europe India Gateway, Seacom and TGN lines, which account for 25% of traffic in the region, said HGC Global Communications Limited (Hong Kong).
“About 15% of traffic from Asia heads west, while 80% of this traffic travels through these submarine cables in the Red Sea,” HGC said in a statement.
The company indicated that it is already taking measures to mitigate the consequences, in particular, diversifying to reroute routes affected by the problem. These include the direction to the north (Hong Kong – mainland China – Europe) and the direction to the east (Hong Kong – USA – Europe). As for the westward direction, the company is diversifying traffic within a system of unaffected 11 cables in the Red Sea.
“Initial analysis has shown that the damaged cable segments are located in the southern Red Sea, falling under the jurisdiction of Yemen,” HGC said.
In turn, the Houthis, who previously systematically attacked ships in the Red Sea, deny their involvement in the incident and blame Britain and the United States.
(C)UNIAN 2024
Well, there’s also another usual suspect for such sabotage acts:
“Estonia focuses on Chinese vessel in investigation into underwater cable damage”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/estonia-focuses-chinese-vessel-investigation-into-underwater-cable-damage-2023-10-25/
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I’m mobile. Wired net is for dinosaurs. 😁
Got Starlink? Or still depending on cables connecting mobile hotspots with the internet? 🤨
Deutsche Telekom does not use cables for mobile internet as far as i’m informed. My internet is fine. 😁
Oh, so information’s the problem:
https://www.heise.de/news/Deutsche-Telekom-Satelliten-fuer-ein-stabileres-5G-Netz-7531793.html
See, so far, Telekom overwhelmingly depends on internet cables. Direct satellite connections are still in the test phase. Regarding quality of the internet network, Germany lags far behind digital wonderland Korea, sadly.
Okay. Still my internet was fine during the day. Yeah, Germany always passes the finish line last. I hope i won’t lose my job because of Putin’s ex-GDR puppet Weselsky now threatening with ‘Wellenstreiks’, meaning i get up and dressed and at the train station they will surprise me with a wonderful ‘Heute leider nicht’. 🤒
Yup, another problem hurting German economy recently. I’m generally for strong unions and the right to strike, but unscrupulous blackmailers like Weselsky make me think twice. 😠
Now even the subway and airport staff will go on strike. WTF?!
Oh, they do, but very rarely. The GDL, strongarming Deutsche Bahn, is really extreme. Life ain’t fair, Jimmy Hoffa’s being missing since decades, but Weselsky still can roam freely. 👿
When I lived in Germany, we called the phone system “Hitler’s Revenge.” The Germans didn’t care for the label, once they heard it, but we didn’t care. It was a phone system straight from the 3rd world.
That went well into the 80s. I don’t know if they got better after reunion or not.
Uh, I meant SOUTH Korea, of course! Connections are still a bit better than in NK. 😆
Mr. Gray, believe it or not, but Germany is even behind Ukraine.
That wouldn’t surprise me at all, Mr. Ofp. 🙁
The chicoms must have cut the wrong cables, since the internet was gone in RuSSia. 🤣
Maybe russia cut the wrong cable, which is even funnier. 😂
I’m concerned that both Russia and China would like to cut all internet connections with the West, to “safeguard” their people from the “dangers” of the WWW. 😕
China wouldn’t, they do too much business with the West. Companies like AliXpress would disappear overnight.
Hmm, good point, Foccusser. But on the other hand, where was this concern about the economy in 2020, when the Xi regime forced Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma into “retirement”? 🤔
They forced him into retirement, just like russia does with oligarchs that fall out of favour, but the companies don’t collapse.
Ha, indeed, the Putin method is more resolute. First, they fall out of favor and then out of a window! 😈
Tragically!
I don’t see any reason why the Middle East would need internet.
I wouldn’t mind to cut it off.
^bert