Posted by Ranjith
im on a 256 broad band connection and till yesterday afternoon i had no probs at all....
but since then by browsing speed has dipped a lot!
could not open any pages. it improved today morning but is no faster than a 56k!
my fire fox's history got deleted too!
and the weirdest part is i my download speed has not been affected at all..
so is the prob with my PC or my connection????
help guys
thankyou
Posted by blu_6779
check it:
http://www.africasia.com/serv[....]item=080130191750.9x6k190e.php
http://www.reuters.com/articl[....]ecomNews/idUSL3017857720080130
Many india bsnl users having problems too.
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Posted by Marly
There's nothing wrong with your PC, as I've heard in the news that probably an underseas cable has broken, affecting internet traffic in the Middle East and India.
As far as I've heard, it'll take a few days, before internet in the region will work normally again.
Posted by *Jojo*
@marly - Underwater-Cable-Problem ya say
This happened years ago in Taiwan affecting major parts of Asia (Internet) 
Posted by Marly
Apparently this time it's a cable between Sicily (Italy) and Egypt.
Egypt lost 70% of its bandwidth, India 50-60%.
This night they're going to try to start it up again, but at a lower speed and with less bandwidth.
edited : typo
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Posted by *Jojo*
@marly - Oh, OK . . . 'haven't seen it yet in CNN that's why . . .
Posted by Marly
Haven't seen it on TV either, heard it on the radio.
Suppose we won't see much of our Middle Eastern and Indian members the next few days.
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Posted by *Jojo*
@marly - I do remember seeing at CNN years ago when that underwater cable had a problem in Taipei, I saw some professional sea-divers fixing the cable underneath . . . I am accessing CNN's site now, but have NOT seen this latest news which happened in ME and India . . .
Posted by Marly
Found it on BBC News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7218008.stm
Posted by *Jojo*
@marly - Nice find . . . thanks
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Here it is for a BETTER representation:
Posted by *Jojo*
@marly - Yahoo got it too :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20[....]hi_te/mideast_internet_outages
Posted by whizkidd
Don't really see a drop in speed here in my office.. Lets see..
Posted by *Jojo*
@whiz - Really
You are LUCKY I guess Looks like it's ONLY - Ranjith who experienced the LAG