Divers caught cutting through undersea internet cable in Egypt Web users have reported slower connections across Egypt since then. The firm, which carries traffic for other companies, said services had been restored only to report hours later another connection had been cut. The telecoms infrastructure snaking under the Mediterranean has suffered several disruptions in recent years. In the past, some operators and users have suggested cables had been caught in the propellers of passing ships. Egypt Telecom said one of its cables had been cut 750 metres off the coast, according to a separate report on state news agency MENA on Wednesday. Services would be restored by Wednesday night, it added. Crimes rates have been rising across Egypt amid wider disorder triggered by the uprising that unseated Hosni Mubarak in 2011.