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Problems that emanate from the seabed can actually go on to affect movement on the information superhighway. You better believe it! A neat slice from an internet cable that lay at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has ensured that millions of people around the world have suddenly started staring into space. These cables actually have an identity, they respond to their respective names SeaMeWe4 and Flag and regulate internet and telephone traffic through some of the most important areas in the world with the help of digital signals.
The breakdown ensured that a number of web entrepreneurs and users actually had a bad day at the office with large amounts of revenue being lost along with other types of information, from voice to pictures to data. People who worked from home actually went to work and those who operated from the office finally decided to go home. Suffice to say everyone is at sea.
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