This is a sub-continent specific post. If your Internet connection has been acting unusually slow the past couple of days, and you reside in the Indian subcontinent and/or the Middle East, the reason is very simple. Thing is, if you rely on the Web for your news updates, and are unfamiliar with print media, you’re unlikely to have ever stumbled across the news.
News being that an undersea cable has been cut off the coast of Italy, which basically means that most Europe bound traffic is getting lost. Some US and local based sites, such as Facebook and Google remain unaffected, but otherwise, you’re in for a rough couple of days as they try and fix the cable.
By the way, the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable was cut a couple of weeks ago. I myself did not notice the sluggishness till today. Hopefully, stuff should clear up soon.
Till then, if you are unable to frequent your online haunts, I suggest you do something a bit more constructive than trying to refresh the page again and again, in the hope that things might take a turn for the better. They won’t.