Internet service is still spotty in Saudi Arabia as in other parts of the Middle East, with service providers rerouting data detoured by severed underwater cables. A Saudi Telecom (STC) source told Saudi Gazette that the company has managed to overcome a large part of the Internet access disruption caused by breaks in undersea cables off the Egyptian coast. Emirati provider Etisalat said service is at about 85 percent capacity Sunday . The company has arranged to redirect some of its data traffic through South Asia. Dubai-based Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, better known as Du, said it was rerouting data and international voice traffic through Asia and the western United States. Officials could not immediately be reached Sunday. Egypt's Communications Ministry said it was rerouting traffic through Indian Ocean cables. .
