Wired has a good roundup of the news related to the two fibre optic undersea cables snapping. There is also a link to a rather long article on the history of undersea cables written by one of my favourite writers – Neal Stephenson – when the first cable was laid.
And does anyone know why I am not affected at all sitting here in Hyderabad? Neither my home nor my office connection is affected. Office connection I can understand, but home?
you are being connected via the undersea links at SG?
Yeah. Must be the Madras Singapore cable.
Must be.
Diversity.
The main telcos have access to alternate routes via satellite or other cables.