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An AT&T spokesman says yesterday's data network outages across the U.S. were the result of the cut undersea cable in the Mediterranean that's caused Internet and phone disruptions across Northern Africa, India and the Middle East. The cable will take 12-15 days to fix, although AT&T's U.S. network was back up by the end of the day yesterday. [The Seattle Times]

An AT&T spokesman says yesterday’s data network outages across the U.S. were the result of the cut undersea cable in the Mediterranean that’s caused Internet and phone disruptions across Northern Africa, India and the Middle East. The cable will take 12-15 days to fix, although AT&T’s U.S. network was back up by the end of the day yesterday. [The Seattle Times]

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