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Report: Google Backing Another Undersea Cable Project

Something called the Southeast Asia Japan Cable (SJC) is coming into being, and Google's one of several companies that's behind it, according to a new report.  The new undersea fiber optic project should tie into another Google-related cable, the transpacific Unity.

Ships Held In Undersea Cable Cutting

Authorities in Dubai are holding two ships they believe cut undersea cables that knocked out Internet service in the Middle East and India earlier this year.The Dubai Port Trust authorities have impounded MV Hounslow and MT Ann, according to Reliance Globalcom, which owns the cables. The authorities impounded the ships after Reliance Globalcom turned over details of the ships after examining the satellite images of the ships movements around the area of undersea cable damage.

Undersea Cable Cuts Could Be Sabotage

More fodder for the conspiracy theorists—well, it's hard to call them "theorists" when officials are making similar proposals.The International Telecommunication Union says damage to the undersea cables that caused Internet and phone access outages all over the Middle East could have been the result of sabotage.