US Warships jamming Lebanon Internet

Sun Feb 6 05:19:33 UTC 2011

On 2/5/11 9:00 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:
> Lebanon's Telecom minister is claiming that US Navy radar is blocking the
> country's Internet..
> 
> http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/93A95CA1A4E42178C225782E007371AF

Those repeaterless submarine optical systems are really impacted by
terrestrial rf transmission...

> "The problem, however, is due to a coordination error related to waves,"
>> Nahhas told OTV, adding that an investigation was underway to find out
>> whether this act is "intentional or not."
> 
> 
> also at
> http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/EFCEF203B3C315A5C225782E0020C75F
> 