Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Thursday said that the slowdown in internet services was linked to damage to submarine cables near Jeddah in the Red Sea.
“Five cables were simultaneously damaged, four around September 6 and 7, and one earlier,” the minister said while speaking to a private television channel.
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She said that the impact on Pakistan was 1.3 terabytes, but due to redundancy measures, the net effect was limited to about 400 gigabytes.
