Seems pretty unlikely; what would they want with it? The commodity value is low, and it's not exactly something you can sell on eBay.

....me thinks maybe make a case for future extortion? A small percentage of repair costs would make a nice payout for those pirates.

1. Steal cable

2. Wait for repair teams to arrive

3. Kidnap repair teams for ransom

4. ???

5. Profit!

Lol

This post has been edited by rizvanrp: Dec 23 2008, 03:14 PM

Whatever it is that is going on, internet speed is seriously failing now.

terrorists job

This thread is slowly turning into a conspiracy theory discussion lol.

Wah! Nowsday, pirates really rules the world as they easily hijack any ship pass by and even stole the cable.

It's due to earthquake in the sea not pirates

well that's what a few people told me what happened.

I cannot give out the source but then it seems like cable can be sold for quite a price as raw material..

understand that it is not only the cable in the sea; xD

i wanna see that happen. the net is full of worthless info these. try a reputable source for information instead of i heard from someone,...

i heard from someone that the grinch stole christmas so there

i dont know if cable problem causes our internet slowdown.My office didnt show any slow down of internet connection.i can use full speed as usual when download from rapidshare server.the ip is 60.54.xx.xx but connection at house like hell.hardly to open international web & rapidshare server.

1 thing , pirate doing big business !!! haha each job they do is million million sound
so if they really stole cable , how much they can sell ??

my speed today seem ok, I don't know why, maybe they have fix it. Why don't the just put the damn cable underground!

@kurtkantoi - i think your sig is the real insect. Damnnnn!

Stealing cables few thousand metres deep not likely, but damaging cables to create more job and spoiling your Christmas joyful cheers, YES.

Anyway with the slump in oil prices, it doesn't sound good. Imagine how it will affect the Middle East countries in the next coming months...

Development projects in Dubai..

The tons of workers from South Asia(India, Bangladesh, etc.) flocking there to work in the construction sector.

Becoming jobless..the chain effect and unrest.

yesterday connection was good. 2day crawl again. takes 2+ hours 2 complete dl a 200+mb file. normally less than than tat.

I can say the pirates are anti- streamyx... hehe just a thought...

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Added on December 25, 2008, 12:45 amdude, my friend's streamyx took him from 11am till 8pm to complete 2 different files from rs, which is about 300 mb (one 200mb and one more 120mb)

This post has been edited by KuzumiTaiga: Dec 25 2008, 12:45 AM

Facing the same problem here. RS premium acc speed drop like hell even on my favaourite IP.

Has anyone notice speedtest website didn't show KL testing point? Is this due to the damage cable? KL server also 'bombed'?

rapidshare maximum speed 12kb

I'm getting 0.2kb from rapidshare.

I'm getting superfast speed now they fix it ?