Hi @Dennis, cables get cut all the time, I even remember the incident of Egypt that knocked out major connections between Europe. This situation is counted as having reached critical, and services were restored within a very short time. That is the difference. :-)
In the last 2 weeks , another 3 cables were cut by another ship - http://www.cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/4948-cable-cuts-whos-up-whos-down-.html