Cut Cables Slow Indian Internet

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

The accidental severing of three undersea cables has led to a massive Internet slowdown in India. What do you think?

Barry Last,
Linguist
"Did they try restarting?"

Lauren Plouff,
Sandwich Maker
"So, theoretically speaking, if I wanted to blog something racist about Indians now would be the best time?"

James Gray,
Camera Salesperson
"Wait–the Internet is underwater? Now it's starting to make sense."

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