therawfeed.com — I told you early Wednesday morning that much of the Middle East and most of India lost Internet access when an undersea cable was cut (it turns out that two cables were cut). Now, a third cable has apparently been severed, and the entire nation of IRAN HAS ZERO INTERNET ACCESS.
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quaxonFeb 2, 2008
he looks like big foot from the howard stern show.
iibelieveFeb 2, 2008
Sharks with frickin' laser beams on their frickin' foreheads.
thecolonelFeb 3, 2008
Wow, and here i am seeing a Pretender episode reference :)
onemillionFeb 3, 2008
Good.
buckqjohnsonFeb 5, 2008
ShnowDoggie needs to know that if there is a capacity issue, it would be at the facility that changes the light signals to electrical then back to light signals. We still don't have pure optical systems that will be totally light usage, we still need the electrical switches. Once the line is cut, how many of the fiber optic lines in the bundle that are damaged are instantly considered off. It's an all or nothing thing with fiber optics, not like with electrical where there may be some conduction.And for all of these thick cable bundles to be cut with in a matter of days, tells me something else is going on. What are the odds that another ship would have done the same thing in another part of the ocean. I believe it has everything to do with the Iranian Oil Bourse, because for one those lines didn't go through the US or the UK it went to other middleeastern countries and also India. That means WE in the US and the UK wouldn't have any control of whats going on until the orders and such hit the main world markets. Also instead of UK and US having some control over the US dollar in regard to currency manipulation, the dollar would show it's real value on the world market via the Iranian Bourse.So the Iranian Bourse opens taking only Yen and Euros for payment of there oil. Not just japan or Europe, but other countries outside the EU start to see the deal they will get buy buying in these currencies, so they start to buy. But in order to buy they need to exchange petrodollars for euros, so they start to place orders to exchange them on the open market. Once this start to happen and traders see billions of dollars weekly being exchanged for either Yen or Euros, what happens? Depending on what position you take, the dollar is going down against the euro or the euro is going up against the dollar (same thing). Soon you see 2 dollars 3 dollars 4 dollars 5 dollars etc. to the euro and same for the Yen (instead of 107 yen to the dollar it may be 30 yen to the dollar). We will see the Yen carry trade fall on its head.They don't want to competition on the petrodollar front especially with the american economy in trouble right now. You can say many of the Central banks around the world holding 100's of billions of dollars wouldn't like there horde to be suddenly worth a quarter or less it's present value, they may not have a choice. The only deal that China and some of the other countries holding large hordes of dollars would be to get a contracted set price from Iran for a length of time, but even then that is dangerous. Because once there is blood in the water in regard to the dollar, it will be a stampede to the gates on who will get rid of theres the fastest, and remember somebody would have to want them.
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2008
Are these sites aimed at a Western audience then? I figure with the .ir extension they'd be mainly for Iranians. Strange.
amenicFeb 13, 2008
Pfft - no one gets the Star Wars reference? And you call yourselves geeks?
scottievmFeb 15, 2008
You were quoted in The Economist. Congratulations.<a class="user" href="http://www.economist.com/world/international/displ">http://www.economist.com/world/international/displ</a> ...
customcomputersFeb 28, 2008
HOPEFULLY BIG BUCKS HUH?
customcomputersFeb 28, 2008
ANYONE HEARD FROM "THE REAL OBAMA"?
customcomputersFeb 28, 2008
OH WELL,cannot understand what they say anyway!!!!
adramesDec 20, 2008
From HughesNet!