Internet in the Middle East
It’s no surprise that the stability of the internet is not the same in the Middle East as it is in the U.S. or Western Europe, but this latest incident continues to highlight the fragility of internet connectivity in the Middle East. When an errant ship’s anchor can disrupt internet service to large parts of the Middle East, that does not provide for desired stability in having an economy that’s bolstered by ICT
Neither of the cable operators have confirmed the cause or location of the outage but some reports suggest it was caused by a ship’s anchor near the port of Alexandria in Egypt.
As Middle Eastern businesses continue to come online, issues such as this reinforce the desire of others to remain offline. Worse yet, it harms the regions image of having reliable infrastructure for ICT development.
