28/02/2012
Anchor falls on Internet in East Africa, disrupts access in six countries
No, that?s not a joke.
After a ship dropped its anchor onto a fiber-optic cable off of Kenya?s coast Monday, six countries in East Africa saw their Internet ?severely disrupted,? the BBC reports. The problem could take up to 14 days to repair. In the meantime, connections in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and part of South Sudan have slowed to a crawl.
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