Saudi end of the internet, and it was awful…

By How can you f*** up that bad!? - 17/02/2017 15:51 - Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Today, I was unable to connect to the Internet. After calling support, I was informed that due to a cut cable, the whole country will have no service from that provider for some time. The. Whole. Country. FML
I agree, your life sucks 6 638
You deserved it 481

Same thing different taste

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Not trying to be rude but clearly, many of you don't know much about the internet... Cellular data towers are connected to the internet through wires, just like our home wifi systems. The only difference is that they are a huge towers that have the capability of reaching farther ranges than our wifi boxes can. Now it is possible that the OP or the OP's internet provider (cellular or home internet) had an emergency backup of satellite internet. But satellite is really slow and expensive so they'll be doing anything they can to get their internet cables repaired.

Let's be honest. A single cut cable can't take out a nationwide internet provider. Any competent provider would have servers set up across the country in major cities that are separate from each other. That is of course unless it's a provider that just provides in one general area of the country and the representative was exaggerating

Happened also in oman!!! We rely on an overseas buried fibre optic cable and it happens to fail .... so cable or cables I do not know but we have 2 telecom providers only so do not be surprised to hear such cases......

Saudi Arabia has some insane terrain, let's hope the damaged area is reasonably accessible! I'll pray for you O.P. and everyone else, that not being connected doesn't have any life or death consequences. *The conspiracy theorist in me wants to connect a story I read in the WSJ about the C.I.A. not telling our President crucial information (acting without oversight) and this story.

Or maybe him ignoring a briefing and saying "What the hell" and doing it anyway. On the other hand, I did read that they're not giving him anything that they don't want Putin to read.

Or maybe him ignoring a briefing and saying "What the hell" and doing it anyway. On the other hand, I did read that they're not giving him anything that they don't want Putin to read.

Or maybe him ignoring a briefing and saying "What the hell" and doing it anyway. On the other hand, I did read that they're not giving him anything that they don't want Putin to read.

Or maybe him ignoring a briefing and saying "What the hell" and doing it anyway. On the other hand, I did read that they're not giving him anything that they don't want Putin to read.

DemCherries 4

The Whole Country, TWC, haha get it

happened to us while back.. (Sri lanka) some indian idiot ship captain dropped the anchor on the fiber optic cables and poof.... no internet for whole country... took around 2 to 3 months to fix it...

I think you're pretty gullible to believe that. ydi