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  • Repairs begin on undersea cable

    12/21/2008 6:41:36 PM PST · by Cindy · 14 replies · 864+ views
    BBC NEWS ^ | Page last updated at 01:00 GMT, Monday, 22 December 2008 | na
    A French crew has begun to repair two undersea cables in the Mediterranean that were severed on Friday, disrupting internet and phone communications. A robot submarine will locate the ends of the cables on the sea bed and bring them to the surface to be re-connected. They were cut somewhere between Sicily and Tunisia, probably by an anchor. Egypt says it has been able to restore most of its communications by re-routing services, but other parts of the Middle East remain badly affected. Experts have warned that it may be days before the fault is fixed and that the knock-on...