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

[Moonliner]

Damn it! I really hate it when the voice of reason mucks up a perfectly good conspiracy theory.

Originally Posted by From the article

two more cables failed in the same area, one in a segment connecting Qatar to an island in the United Arab Emirates, and another in a link between Oman and the UAE. The former wasn't even a cut -- it was a power failure

some news sites are even reporting incorrectly that Iran is cut off from the Internet, and claiming that there's a fifth cut, which turns out to be an unexceptional cable failure from weeks ago.


Once those failures sensitized a conspiracy-happy net, it was natural that other cable failures would be found to feed the frenzy, because they occur all the time.

"Cable cuts happen on average once every three days," Beckert said. There are 25 large ships that do nothing but fix cable cuts and bends, Beckert adds.