Cable cut torpedoes ME access

A submarine cable in the Mediterranean was cut earlier yesterday, resulting in a dramatic slowdown in internet access in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and much of the Middle East. A spokesman for Flag Telecom, the owner of the severed cable, told the Reg: "It is a problem off the coast of Alexandria in Egypt.

For some reason ships were asked to anchor in a different place to normal - 8.3km from the beach.

One of the ship's anchors cut our cable but there are multiple cuts - we're not the only company having problems."

He said they were in the process of getting a repair ship out to assess the damage but he warned the whole process could take 12 to 15 days even though the ship was in the Med. The Register