Reports from the Mediterranean indicate that two of the undersea cables severed and repaired earlier this year have been cut again, disrupting internet access and phone service between the Middle East, Europe, and parts of Asia. An additional third cable is down in the same region.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/200...rranean-c.html

As i'm currently in Qatar im definately feeling the effect of this.
Seems to me more than a coincidence that 3 major cables can be cut, but i dont know much about this stuff.
Anyway, im staying tuned to find out the details of the cause

The effect for me is that most websites take fricken ages to load (if at all), email is rwally slow, but bittorent seems ok. Trying to stream video is pointless as takes about 1hr to get 5 secs worth.