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.