Hi All Earlier the government had plans to build a National Internet Grid set-up and have mirror links.
Will this help? India has vast unused satellite links resources. Using these satellite links would help the country from such incidences. Plans should always be made for emergencies. Any comments Bhasker Raj Should India have its mirror --- Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all: > > In the recent days many of us may have experienced > slow/not-available internet access. > > Reading the papers/news, one many have read about > damaged under-sea cable near Egypt. > > Technically, it appears that most of the internet > that > we know is actually built on under-sea cables. > > A very detailed map of the infrastructure is here, > http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg > > The two cables were cut accidently by a ship's > anchor > . Sea-Me-We 4 > . FLAG Europe Asia > > For the interested the entire story is available at > http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/01/internationalpersonalfinancebusiness.internet/print > > Serial technology rules ! > > > thanks > Saifi. > Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php
