1? Meh. 2? Humm, 3? Wait a sec, 4? OK problem...

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Alex

It occurs to me that if there is malicious intent behind it that the really mean thing to do would be to make two cuts, several miles apart and then drag the segment away (this would be more cable than the repair ships have on hand). And also drag the cut ends away so that they are harder to find.

Stop giving Kevy ideas.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Well, the Tagruato deep-sea drilling company has been having troubles of late. Seems a likely link:

Our newest and brightest oil rigging development, Chuai Station, was attacked by a terrorist environment group called Tidowave. They released a series of explosions on the station, causing the loss of life and bringing the rig down into its knees. Tagruato has faced threats from this group for many years and has, with the help of our friends in the police forces, fought off many prior attacks. This blow, however, was too strong to miss us. The Chuai Station was damaged.

Link to news report.

[Capt Jack]

hacksaws? hooks and cables?? oh please. a decent GPS, 1 remote control submersible with a camera or two and some C4...


you could hide that in a rowboat

[Jazzman]

Duh, haven't you guys learned anything? Obviously it was George Bush who did it and now Michael Moore is going to have to make a shockingly revealing documentary about Bush's ties to extremist underwater cable cutting monkeys, followed by an enlightening Al Gore documentary warning us about the dangers of cable warming and catastrophic fiber optic change. It might even be so bad that Sean Penn will have to get a photographer and a row boat and paddle out to repair the cables himself!

Damn you George Bush! Damn you to hell!!!!

[JWBear]

I have to admit... that was kinda funny.

[Not Afraid]

I was probably feeling - or hearing - the effects of increased activity on remining cables when I talked to Amazon support in India on Sunday. Not only was the connection VERY bad (like in the old days when you got an overseas call) but the hold music was Indian and the CS guy asked if he could hold me for a second.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

and the CS guy asked if he could hold me for a second.

Wow, yeah, the slow porn access is making 'em kinda desperate.

[Moonliner]

Another Day, Another cable. The total now stands at Five.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow.

[cirquelover]

This is getting kind of freaky. Are they trying to cut all incoming communications, besides phones I would guess?! How much can they redirect before it all just comes to a screeching halt?!