[135783] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Connectivity status for Egypt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Franck Martin)
Fri Jan 28 16:38:22 2011
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If I'm correct, in 2000 in Fiji, the main fiber optic cable from the national provider to the international provider was sabotaged, cutting all communications. Fortunately an Alcatel team was on the island (SCC commissioning) with the right tools and could splice it back in a few hours, otherwise Fiji would have gone dark for days...
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From: "Joe Abley" <jabley@hopcount.ca>
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Subject: Re: Connectivity status for Egypt
On 2011-01-28, at 11:33, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Jared Mauch wrote:
>
>> I have seen nation state disconnects where light is lost.
>
> I believe that was the case for Burma, for example.
It was not the case in Nepal in 2005 though, if I remember correctly. In that case connectivity to the outside was maintained, but access to that connectivity by people inside the country was curtailed.
Joe
