It seems that another incident of an undersea telecommunications cable being severed on Tuesday has resulted in partially blocking internet and mobile services in Alexandria and some other governorates .
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incident undersea telecommunication cable sever tuesday result partially block internet mobile service alexandria governorate
It seems that another incident of an undersea telecommunications cable being severed on Tuesday has resulted in partially blocking internet and mobile <m> services </m> in Alexandria and some other governorates .
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August 17 , 2011
Undersea internet cables severed near Egyptian coast line
Have you experienced any internet connection or mobile phone problems yesterday ! ?
It seems that another incident of an undersea telecommunications cable being severed on Tuesday has resulted in partially blocking internet and mobile <m> services </m> in Alexandria and some other governorates .
In a statement to Al - Masry Al - Youm news paper , Mahmoud Al - Goweiny , a member of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority's board of directors said that the cable cut happened around the same time that a different cable , owned by Telecom Egypt , was also cut , affecting services in Egypt .
He also iterated that this particular undersea cable has frequently malfunctioned since late 2007 .
This cable is most likely to be the SEA - ME - WE 4 that passes through Egypt coming from Europe and then reaches Asia .
Despite the after effects of this cable cut seems to be limited , however these incidents have been occurring more than once in a relatively short period of time .
Severing a main internet pipe - line could leave a country's communication and economy crippled for at least 72 to 120 hours causing a lot of problems !
It should be time to re - think protecting these valuable communication life lines !
Etisalat Egypt and LinkdotNet are one of Egypt's largest internet service providers , and among the most affected by the cable cut .
No further details were reported by Authorities about the effects of the cable cuts .