well now the economist is knocking my 'conspiracy theory'. i think we're all in big trouble. if they've gotten to wired and the economist, who is safe?

fifth undersea cable severed.
wired is telling me to settle down

again?

I don't usually give much credence to conspiracy theories, but this is getting weird.

ive read several different news articles about it and im slightly confused, (no thanks to internet explorer's tabl-less browsing!) as they all seem to tell slightly different versions. what seems to be fact is that 3 undersea cables were cut, one in two places. there are several headlines saying that a fourth has been 'cut' or 'severed' but the articles go on to say that it was a power outage at some station. but then another story said that there was definelty a severance and that there were ships en route to fix it. i dont think these disparate accounts prove anything, but that 3 (even 4?) cables being cut in one week is unprecedented.

the most affected countries were supposedly qatar, the UAE, and Iran. this website says Iran lost all their internet. though it also seems very into conspiracy theorie side of it.

can you make any sense of this?

fibre optic submarine cable systems