If you are having trouble getting email to or from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, or the Middle East, it’s probably because a badly dropped ship anchor has damaged an undersea Internet provisioning telecom cable in the Mediterranean, disrupting Internet service throughout India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Middle East...
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http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/ship-anchor-cuts-undersea-internet-cable-india-sri-lanka-pakistan-and-middle-east-countries-lose-internet-access