In the past week, three undersea cables carrying Internet data to and from the Middle East have been damaged. It’s really messing up data traffic in Egypt, India and throughout the Gulf region. They say two of the breaks were due to ships anchors; the third is undetermined.

Reading about it this morning, I came across a quote by Eric Schoonover, a senior analyst with TeleGeography, who was placating the American Internet users. “We have all the content here,” he said. “It’s not going to be felt other than we won’t get the BBC.”

What stunning hubris. Ouch.