[58558] in North American Network Operators' Group
Undersea cable re-routed, Gulf area Internet outages expected
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed May 21 01:04:17 2003
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 01:03:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=52224&Sn=BNEW
Internet users in Bahrain and other Gulf countries face interruptions for
several days, as an undersea cable is re-routed, Batelco announced
yesterday. It is being diverted to make way for the new Palm Island
development, in the UAE.
[...]
The work also affects Kuwait and Qatar.