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Why is this article called SEA-ME-WE 4 (cable system)? Is there something else called SEA-ME-WE 4 that I don't know about? -- Chuq 05:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
User:Rarelibra attempted to move this article back to SEA-ME-WE 4 by blanking the article and moving the contents to the redirect page (in so doing losing the article history). I reverted these edits based on them being a bad move (and breaking GFDL). It seems that SEA-ME-WE 4 is far more commonly used, but I think company-use and the official name is more important here. It seems clear that most people would prefer it at the abbreviated name, but before a move happens, can we decide what the move-to name should be: SEA-ME-WE 4 or the original SEA-ME-WE 4 (cable system) (I don't like this because I don't think disambiguated names should be used when they aren't needed). --Oldak Quill 10:27, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm in Delhi and the net seems to be working just fine. ReluctantPhilosopher (talk) 09:56, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm in Egypt and there was no way of connecting to the internet during the last two days, the connection has returned today but it is slower than the usual. More information can be found here[1]. --George (talk) 23:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
The article currently states that the Jan 30 break occurred 56 km from Dubai, citing a BBC.com article as source. This is an incorrect reading of that article, where 'the second cut' refers not to SeaMeWe-4 (one of the two cables cut on Jan 30) but to the 3rd cable, whcihc was cut on Jan 1st. (It was talking about FLAG, who owns 2 of the 3 affected cables. The Dubai/Oman cable was theirs.) I'm removing that.
I'm thinking of uploading a map showing where the breaks occurred. (I couldn't find a map anywhere, but seeing them laid out seems to strongly favor this being the effects of weather.) Would this be welcome? -Deriksmith (talk) 07:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Does this damage mean we get a break from telemarketers? Comradeash (talk) 05:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have the coordinates of the landing points near the cuts? I looked at Google Earth for Alexandria, Egypt but couldn't find it. Landing points are not secret, they are widely published in marine charts so that ships can avoid them, so the data in principle shouldn't be hard to find. Karn (talk) 15:31, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Can someone decide which it is please? This makes the article look rather silly, especially now its on the front page. Rhialto (talk) 10:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps it has something to do with the crushing depths that some of the cable is in...or something equally obscure. Comradeash (talk) 10:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
I'll add to Wikipedia:Requested pictures this article - would be nice to have a shot of the actual cable. Presumably this would be before some segment got actually laid down. Tempshill (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
The fourth cable has been cut. Someone is up to no good. I think this might be a prelude to invasion of Iran.[2]. Perhaps there should be a new article created for all of these cable cuttings and related information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.134.164.46 (talk) 01:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)