Apparently the internet reaches the Middle East and East Africa and even India primarily via three large submarine fiber optic cables from Europe. And a few days ago two of these cables were cut. We thought it was just our internet that was down, but apparently it was hundreds of millions of people... Even just a few days without internet must have had a huge effect on business. It's working spottily now. Even I can easily remember a time before the internet, but wow. It's really got a hold on us now.
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It is amazing how the internet has transformed culture, as well as communication, isn't it?
When we moved last fall, our house didn't have internet for a few weeks. We also don't have a television (which I know isn't all that impressive to you, Graham) but what we found rather amusing was that the television we could care less about... it was the lack of internet that made us feel completely unconnected and, well, almost listless/bored in a way!
(And yet when I got home from work last night and spent the entire evening planning/booking a weekend holiday, I started to loath it. What a funny world.)
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