Fifth Undersea Cable Cut > Is there a problem here?

Is there a problem here?

The chances of a corporation going that deep into the ocean is like 100/1, They would need some good amount of cash to keep going down like that (it does cost money to use a submersible)

Its either mother nature or.........the Cloverfield monster!

All you have to do is drag an anchor.... if you know about where the cable is.

reply to moonpuppy
Maybe the 3 people in that country allowed to use it... but thats about it.

reply to mlundin
The cables are buried under 4-6' of rock & soil. A anchor is not going to just catch a cable.

You're kidding, right? Some cables might have some sediment covering them in some places, but most of the undersea cable is exposed (thus it's rugged design). No one is going to dig a 4-6' trench at the bottom of the ocean to bury cable when they can just set it gently on the bottom of the ocean.

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"Fishing is still the biggest issue. Historically in Europe trawler fishing has been a problem although in the last 15 years most cables have been buried in the seabed to overcome this," said Mr Harper.

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reply to ztmike

reply to mlundin
It is all done through a robotic process, not by humans. It is actually kind of cool how they lay and maintain the Fiber backbone going through the oceans.

reply to moonpuppy

said by moonpuppy:

If Iran is cut off the internet, does anyone really care?

reply to Ianto
That's only when the cable gets near the shore where it becomes shallow. Out in the open sea it's just laying on the bottom.

»www.madsci.org/posts/archives/ju···g.r.html
The first small diameter fiberoptic cables were damaged by fishing boats
with drag nets and by sharks chewing on them on the ocean floor. Scientists
found that the sharks were attracted by the magnetic fields around the
cabled produced by the electrical current supplying power the amplifiers. To
reduce these problems, today the cables are buried in the floor of the ocean
using special under sea ploughs. However, in rocky bottoms and over undersea
cliffs the cables are still exposed. Special unmanned robot submarines with
TV cameras and repair arms are used to inspect the cables and to help bring
up cables sections that have been damaged. These repairs are performed on
the special cable ships.

»www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/t-arc.htm

reply to RR Conductor

said by RR Conductor:

said by moonpuppy:

If Iran is cut off the internet, does anyone really care?

You should, Iran is isolated as it is, something like that would only add to tensions.