SEA-ME-WE 4 Cable Which Provides Internet to SL & Other South Asian Countries are Damaged !!
Mar 27, 2013 fault
A cut in the segment 4 of South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) submarine optical fiber cable on Wednesday morning (27 March 2013) has been reported leading to a degradation of internet speed by 60 % in several countries including Pakistan and Egypt. A consortium of SEA-ME-WE-4 Cable System is working on the fault but they have not come up with a resolution time for this problem and confirmed nature of fault is yet to be determined
Three men were arrested for trying to cut the cable near Alexandria.