Attention: The Internet is down

[reveal]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/28/pakistan.internet.reut/index.html

Tech Support: How may I help you?

Customer: Yes, the Internet is down.

Tech Support: I think you mean you cannot connect to the Internet.

Customer: No, I mean the Internet is down.

Tech Support: Oh....

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Indeed - Pakistan's Internet is broken. The whole thing.

If my Internet was broken, I wouldn't even have a job. It would suck.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Tech Support: How may I help you?

Customer: Yes, the Internet is down.

Hell, you might not even be able to get to tech support...

Fixing it would entail an interruption for other countries using the link, including India, Dubai and Oman, one company official said.

 

[GlassJaw]

I was doing some work with some people in Iceland just recently and the exact same thing happened to them last summer. Basically there is one "pipe" in and out of the country. If it goes down, they can't access anything that is not on a server in Iceland. I guess it didn't get fixed for 2 weeks.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

ROFFLOMP!