Al vier onderzeese internet-kabels stuk...

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Op maandag 4 februari 2008 04:35 schreef NorthernStar het volgende:

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Israel heeft ook onderzeeers. Naast de oudere Gal-class submarines hebben ze sinds een paar jaar ook Duitse Dolphin-class submarines.

"The Dolphin-class vessels are among the most technically advanced of their kind in the world."

Het gaat ongeveer twee weken duren voor het hersteld is, dus als deze doorgeknipte kabels ergens een voorbode van zijn weten we het snel genoeg.

Israelis told to prepare 'rocket rooms' for war

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There's Something Wicked in the Wind.
There’s a lot of hysteria jumping off of the internet right now; what portion of the internet is still operating. Let’s face it, previous severance of communications links have proven to be a prelude to war. There are all manner of theories chasing this event. Some of them are dark and dreadful if true.


I’ve been given some credible alternatives to the cutting of major communication cables in recent days. One of them is because gold is soaring. Markets in India, Hong Kong and Tokyo were all geared for major trading which would have precipitated a huge flight from the dollar.


Another story I’ve been given is that it’s connected to the opening of the Iranian oil bourse with much the same intention of forestalling economic free fall.


A disturbing question comes into my mind. Wouldn’t these same factors be present once the cables were restored? I’m not an economist so you will have to pardon my ignorance in such matters. It could be that enough time exists in the period before connectivity is back to make changes that can offset what is happening. Still… to me it seems like the situation is still there, just delayed.


The Super Bowl comes on in a few hours. This is a major focus of world attention. This particular Super Bowl has features to it seen only once before and this time it’s even bigger[...]

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The Iranian embassy in Abu Dhabi told ArabianBusiness.com that "everything is fine", but internet connectivity reports on the web, citing a router in Tehran, appear to indicate that there is currently no connection to the outside world.

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Op maandag 4 februari 2008 18:54 schreef jogy het volgende:
http://smokingmirrors.blo(...)-wicked-in-wind.html
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Op maandag 4 februari 2008 19:35 schreef -skippybal- het volgende:

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Mja, de Superbowl is voorbij zonder één klap...

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Op maandag 4 februari 2008 18:54 schreef jogy het volgende:
http://smokingmirrors.blo(...)-wicked-in-wind.html
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Op maandag 4 februari 2008 22:36 schreef Cortina het volgende:

Verrekte stil blijft het in de pers trouwens verder of ligt dat aan mij

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Op dinsdag 5 februari 2008 23:08 schreef mr.marcus het volgende:
loopt dit af met een sissertje ofzo

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The last week has seen a spate of unexplained, cut, undersea communications cables that has severely disrupted communications in many countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. As I shall show, the total numbers of cut cables remain in question, but likely number as many as eight, and maybe nine or more.



The trouble began on 30 January 2008 with CNN reports that two cables were cut off the Egyptian Mediterranean coast, initially severely disrupting Internet and telephone traffic from Egypt to India and many points in between. According to CNN the two cut cables “account for as much as three-quarters of the international communications between Europe and the Middle East.“ CNN reported that the two cut cables off the Egyptian coast were “FLAG Telecom's FLAG Europe-Asia cable and SeaMeWe-4, a cable owned by a consortium of more than a dozen telecommunications companies”.(10) Other reports placed one of the cut cables, SeaMeWe-4, off the coast of France, near Marseille.(9)(12) However, many news organizations reported two cables cut off the Egyptian coast, including the SeaMeWe-4 cable connecting Europe with the Middle East. The possibilities are thus three, based on the reporting in the news media: 1) the SeaMeWe-4 cable was cut off the coast of France, and mistakenly reported as being cut off the coast of Egypt, because it runs from France to Egypt; 2) the SeaMeWe-4 cable was cut off the Egyptian coast and mistakenly reported as being cut off the coast of France, because it runs from France to Egypt; or 3) the SeaMeWe-4 cable was cut both off the Egyptian and the French coasts, nearly simultaneously, leading to confusion in the reporting. I am not sure what to think, because most reports, such as this one from the International Herald Tribune, refer to two cut cables off the Egyptian coast, one of the two being the SeaMeWe4 cable,(11) while other reports also refer to a cut cable off the coast of France.(9)(12) It thus appears that the same cable may have suffered two cuts, both off the French and the Egyptian coasts. So there were likely actually three undersea cables cut in the Mediterranean on 30 January 2008.

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Op woensdag 6 februari 2008 19:23 schreef jogy het volgende:
http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/ConnectingTheDots.htm
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8 of 9 kabels kapot volgens de schrijver. Hij heeft zijn bronnen onderaan het artikel voor eigen research .

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Op donderdag 7 februari 2008 00:04 schreef ChOas het volgende:

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En als je die bronnen volgt kom je tot dezelfde conclusie ? Niets dubbel geteld ?, Niet de domheid van de media aangenomen, Niet meerdere verbindingen door 1 kabel geteld, maar echt 8 a 9 kabels kapot ?

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Op donderdag 7 februari 2008 12:22 schreef kamlesh het volgende:
Hmm, je zou juist zeggen dat je als backup in elk Aziatisch land wel eens of meerdere satelliet grondstations hebt als backup..

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Op donderdag 7 februari 2008 12:22 schreef kamlesh het volgende:
Hmm, je zou juist zeggen dat je als backup in elk Aziatisch land wel eens of meerdere satelliet grondstations hebt als backup..

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Op donderdag 7 februari 2008 00:04 schreef ChOas het volgende:

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En als je die bronnen volgt kom je tot dezelfde conclusie ? Niets dubbel geteld ?, Niet de domheid van de media aangenomen, Niet meerdere verbindingen door 1 kabel geteld, maar echt 8 a 9 kabels kapot ?

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Op donderdag 7 februari 2008 18:41 schreef gronk het volgende:

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Erm, meestal zijn 't niet de skeptici die teveel vrije tijd hebben