Slow Internet
In case anybody else is finding that the Internet is slow ?
I'm in Dubai and have a 16Mb broadband connection. During the last 48 hours I've found that even small (10-20Mb) files are taking an age to download and streaming of UK/USA TV is now very much a stop / start affair, verging upon being un-viewable.
So I called my Internet Service Provider ( 'Du' ) and asked them what is the problem?
They responded that a submarine cable has been cut and that they are working to find away around it / re-route web traffic.
Du's suggested date for a resolution to the problems is 30th March 2011.
Ps. I've done my own routing tests and can see that IP requests made from a server based in London to my own server (running here in Dubai) are being routed via Los Angels and then to Singapore, rather than taking a more direct routing through Europe, the Mediterranean, etc... which therein seems to confirm what Du have said.