Google goes offline after fibre cables cut
According to a news report, access to Google services were disrupted for about two hours in parts of Eastern Europe, Iran, and Turkey due to ‘multiple simultaneous fibre cuts’.
Commenting on the disruptions, Iran’s Communications Infrastructure Company Director Sadjad Bonabi, said two cuts happened at once; one between Iran and Bucharest, and the other on a line to Munich.
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