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Underwater cable damage adds to Internet problems

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Sharath Kumar
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Internet speed across India and other parts of the world have reportedly plummeted by nearly 60 pc due after a underwater fiber optic cable was damaged in the Arabian Sea near Karachi.

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The report of the underwater fiber optic cable damage on Wednesday comes at a time when Internet speeds across the globe is already affected with the sophisticated cyber attack on Spamhuas.

South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SEA-ME-WE) 4, one of the four submarine cables that connects the country globally via the internet, was damaged around noon on Wednesday - only a couple of weeks following the breakdown of India-Middle East-Western Europe (I-ME-WE) fiber optic cable that has yet to be repaired.



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As a result, internet services in the country will likely remain disrupted for an indefinite period.

Internet service providers were unable to provide a time-frame on when the problem will be resolved.

It is reported that the disruption has resulted in internet users facing a host of problems ranging from intermittent to slow internet connectivity. Many complained that their browsing speed had decreased significantly.

SEA-ME-WE 4 provides a telecommunications link between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Italy, Tunisia, Algeria and France.

The cable is approximately 18,800 kilometers long, and provides the primary internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.

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