Following damage to an undersea cable, large chunks of India and the Middle East were left without internet access yesterday.

Imagine that happening here. Just imagine. Now stop imagining it, or you’ll end up having nightmares about being forced to start spending the evenings watching TV and talking to your partner again.

The cabling concerned is officially called SEA-ME-WE 4, which is a 17,400 mile long fibre-optic…