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In case you haven't heard yet, an undersea cable appears to have been
cut in the Mediterranean which has caused widespread internet failure in
large areas of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa.  India, Egypt,
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates / Dubai, Kuwait
and Bahrain have severe bandwidth problems.  
 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/31/dubai.outage/index.html
 
I suspect it's going to be a challenge getting to the outsourced
computer support folks for a while.  Not to mention doing almost any
business in those areas.
 
 ~ Esther
 
Esther V. V. Reed
IT Systems Administrator
MSU Graduate School