The Fall of the Internet
Well, if you have been reading any news lately, you know that five undersea cables are out of commission in the world, all surrounding the Middle East. There are reports of limited to no connectivity in some areas. Fortunately it does not affect the United States. At first people thought that the cables were cut by boats dragging anchors, but there were no boats in the area, according to officials. Plus, you’d have to have some super boat to drag an anchor from the Mediterranean Sea, to the Persian Gulf, and finally to Malaysia. Something fishy is going on here. Some are speculating that someone is trying to isolate Iran from the world, but that’s all conspiracy theory at this time. Can you imagine how crippling this is to economies that rely on the Internet? No one would be getting technical support from India!
While this doesn’t affect us in the states, I began thinking what this would do to us if the United States had its cables cut. Most of the services we use are hosted in the states as well, but I’m sure some are outsourced to other countries. After I realized my web server is hosted in the United States, I stopped worrying. You would all still be able to get to my website. Plus we could finally say racist things about those people that live you know where.


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