If its not one cable, its another cable.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/30/asia.internet.outage
Huge swathes of the Middle East and Asia have been left without internet access after a vital undersea cable was damaged.
A fault in the pipeline, which runs between Sicily and Egypt, has dramatically reduced access in countries including Saudi Arabia, Dubai and India, leaving millions of workers struggling to get online.