The cable cuts and the Denial of Service attack on some servers are unrelated. The problem in East Africa is due to cable cuts in Egypt. A Denial of service attack is the equivalent of a stampede, where too many people (internet requests) are trying to squeeze in through a small opening - the point here being the many requests are malicious and designed to make the opening inaccessible to legitimate users.  <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 March 2013 11:12, Peres Were <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:peres_were@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">peres_were@yahoo.co.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Edith</div><div><br></div><div>The link below may explain it:</div><div><br></div><div><span>Global internet slowdown after biggest cyber-attack in history | Mail Online</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299999/Global-internet-slowdown-biggest-cyber-attack-history.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299999/Global-internet-slowdown-biggest-cyber-attack-history.html</a></span><br>
<br>Peres</div><div><br><span>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div class="im"><div><br>On Mar 28, 2013, at 11:07, Edith Adera &lt;<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.ca" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Listers,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wonder if I’m the only one who’s experiencing slow Internet since yesterday – both official and personal connection. Anyone knows what’s going on?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Edith<u></u><u></u></p>
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