Three of four undersea internet cables get cut, hasn't affected you yet

So, there's good news and bad news, and per tradition, we'll be starting with the latter. Three of four undersea cables that route internet traffic from Asia to North America have inexplicably been cut, meaning that your international Quake III server may be a bit slow this evening. The good news is that this fiasco clearly hasn't affected you yet. The AP has confirmed via Egypt's communications ministry that the cables have indeed been severed, causing massive outages in select portions of the world. Oddly, no suspicions of subterfuge have been mentioned, but we have all ideas rumors will start to swirl if another gets snipped. So, tell us readers -- are you still online? Wait, don't answer that.

[Via ZDNet]

[espire Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:33PM]

As long as the fourth cable doesn't ge

[Sam of the Sun Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:38PM]

What are you on about mine is working fi

[Wolfticket Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:47PM]

But how did you still press the add comment bu

[haX0r Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:49PM]

I haven't seen one problem all da

[ByronGman Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:53PM]

Asia to North America.....


Wait, so does this mean I can finally play a Korean-free game of Starcraft???

I might actually win a game!

[RyogaVee Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:53PM]

All clear on my end. Sunnyvale, CA seems me be alr...

[Blastar Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:55PM]

I know nothing about the underwater cables.. I was just on my way to get a Crabby Patty when this happened.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:58PM]

Ok, we coulda stopped after the first two successful, highly ranked irony jokes.

Everything after that was completly overki

[thirdopticaltool Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:01PM]

i agree wi

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:04PM]

fffffffffuuuuuuu

[aarond12 Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:16PM]

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

[JeanMichel Decombe Posted Dec 19th 2008 5:54PM]

Did anyone see my pet giant killer octopus?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 7:09PM]

The internet is a series of tubes... ^^ see picture above.

[War Machine Posted Dec 20th 2008 2:13AM]

Ha ha ha! You guys are mean, poor haX0r tries to jump into the bandwagon with the outage joke and he gets voted down.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 20th 2008 8:30AM]

"but we have all ideas rumors will start to swirl if another gets snipped"

er, whut?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 20th 2008 10:58PM]

Damn!

I was supposed to take the TOEFL iBT today...
It was f***n cancelled due to this "accident". Now I will not get my results on time for my Scolarship Application deadline.

I wished they had their servers on the US instead of India.

[Hckngrtfakt Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:34PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:55PM]

This may have just changed my life forever.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:58PM]

What a relief!! I was beginning to worry about that bounced check from Nigeria when I hadn't heard back from the guy.

[mrotier Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:03PM]

i finally understand why the engadget comments turn blue!

[genomalice Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:14PM]

...I'm lost? it's blank!....

[ic wiener Posted Dec 19th 2008 7:54PM]

@ Genomalice

WHOOSH!

[M C Posted Dec 19th 2008 11:03PM]

I'm crying with laughter, There's so much Blue!!!

This has to go into the engadget comment hall of fame.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:34PM]

Damn pirates, where are the ninjas when you need em?

[BigD145 Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:09PM]

Ninja's? You'll need about 50 of them to take down each pirate.

[Gnaget Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:16PM]

50 ninjas to take down a pirate? psh. We all know that pirates are useless when up against a ninja. Like mike tyson vs a child. It's a matter of balance, ninja's have it, and a pirate with a wooden leg doesn't. Everyone knows that pirates are merely homeless degenerates with good PR

[genomalice Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:22PM]

Not when these pirates are Somali and armed with RPG's Ak-47's and a bunch of nades!!
We're the African Spatnaz!

[Narutogrey Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:58PM]

Wait, is Mike Tyson the Ninja or Pirate in your analogy?

[BigD145 Posted Dec 19th 2008 7:23PM]

Tell that to Black Beard. It took a lot of guys to take him down.

[CT A Posted Dec 19th 2008 9:04PM]

http://www.ratemymotivational.com/motivationals/13372-NINJAS-When_was_the_last_time_you_saw_a_ninja.jpg

[BratPAQ Posted Dec 19th 2008 11:12PM]

tyson vs a baby? on a biting contest i presume?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 20th 2008 12:48AM]

When do ninjas go through sea legs training?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:34PM]

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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:09PM]

Are you my cloud? No?

HAS ANYONE SEE MY COMPUTING CLOUD?????

[ryleyinstl Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:35PM]

Where is this Asia?...…I don’t see it on my US road map.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:40PM]

Perhaps when new oil reserves are found...

Erm.

Internetz working ftw!

[DiGiC Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:41PM]

It would be that be smoking hole to the east

[GaryZ Posted Dec 19th 2008 5:36PM]

I'd think somewhere in the middle of nowhere, there'd be a small town named Asia in US... surprise! didn't find one...

[zer0basis Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:35PM]

Undoubtedly the result of the stimutax fiasco.

[mberger Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:37PM]

Sea Lab is amazing! Capt. Murphy is hilarious! (Go Ed Mundy you rule!)

[spin cycle Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:28PM]

I feel like a bear that has the strength of two bears.

(and it's Stimutacs)

R.I.P. Harry Goz

[AUserName Posted Dec 19th 2008 5:13PM]

It's like a koala bear has crapped a rainbow in my brain!

[sasiki Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:42PM]

Good in Alabama. Yes.. we have internet here.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:54PM]

When did we get internet? Does this mean I don't have to drive to Mississippi on a daily basis any more?

[AndrewC Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:06PM]

It depends where you are in alabama, our isp just put in dsl a year ago and it is very unreliable.

[mrotier Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:06PM]

thats only until georgia finds out youve been stealing its wifi

[Hydra Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:07PM]

Alabama here, lucky to even have internet, good thing i am near florida, its the only thing i have going for me in alabama!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2008 4:32PM]

Good, because everyone knows that Alabama is right next to Asia. ;)

[SpydaKat Posted Dec 20th 2008 12:57PM]

What is this internet you speak of?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2008 1:57AM]

Nessy is at it again!