A 75-year-old Armenia woman cut optic Internet Cable

[idaho]

Georgian Detained for Cutting Georgia, Armenia Internet Cable

Georgian authorities detained a scrap-metal hunter for cutting a main Internet cable near Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said.

The break in the cable left tens of thousands of residents and businesses without Internet access in Georgia and all of Armenia on March 28, the ministry said.

A 75-year-old woman was arrested on evidence given by several witnesses and was “temporarily released due to her old age,” ministry spokesman Zurab Gvenetadze said today in a phone interview in Tblisi. She will be questioned again and may face charges, Gvenetadze said.

The incident cut Armenia’s Internet access for more than 12 hours, Gvenetadze said. An unidentified spokeswoman for Caucasus Online, one of the largest Georgina Internet service providers, said customers lost access to the World Wide Web for almost five hours.

Georgian Railway Telecom LLC spokesman Giorgi Ionatamishvili said the cable belonged to the company and customers suffered “massive and catastrophic” damage. Georgia provides 90 percent of Armenia’s Internet.

“We don’t how she found the optic cable, which was secure,” Ionatamishvili said, adding that severe weather and mudslides may have exposed the cable to copper hunters.

In 2008, Caucasus Online started a $76 million fiber-optic link to Western Europe after a delay caused by the former Soviet republic’s five-day war with Russia in August.

Source http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-06/georgian-detained-for-cutting-georgia-armenia-internet-cable.html

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[Bearcat]

Thanks for the interesting news idaho.

[princeaniket]

ohh..She must have a gud cutter or.. power to do so...
internet off for a whole country for 5 hours is too much..
Scrap metal hunters can do these things too..
off course .. its copper.. costly!!!

[hsakarp_kahtap]

good to know that ....thanks good she is not in India otherwise we have to suffer atleast 5 days to recover and get internet back

[idaho]

prakash29617 like your comment...this was really bad Cyber Attack from that old Lady in Armenia.

[INDRANIL]

Good job by the old Grannie . Yes you are correct Prakash bro . They need something special like beating .

[Bearcat]

A few months ago I didn't have internet service for 3 days. I called the ISP up and they told me it must be my modem, so they would send me a new one. But before I got the new modem the old modem "mysteriously" started working again. I heard later that it was problem with one of their servers, sending me a new modem wasn't even necessary. My point is this guys, poor service isn't just a problem for India.

[hsakarp_kahtap]

well said barry but bsnl suck & rocks, sucks because of there poor service ( my telephone is dead since last 4 days but i am able to access internet from a same line ) and because of its BB FN 600 Combo plan 2Mbps night unlimited plan .

[JayCub]

Can't complain myself about my ISP if i remember it was down for 1 or two days at the most in the last six years, great service... i love the look of India but im happy i dont have their internet providers.... and 2 Mbps is not fair especially to students who need to study from home..

[INDRANIL]

@Bearcat they rock . @Prakash bro BSNL needs some changes really . @Jay first of all they are idiot & lazzy . Bandwidth is too much costly in India. Better say it is precious than life . For example one 512 Kbps unlimted for month costs about $17. If you want 2 Mbps unlimited then you have to pay around $74. Isn't cool ehh ?? .