Re: Another cablecut - sri lanka to suez Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption

From: Rubens Kuhl Jr. (no email)
Date: Sat Feb 02 2008 - 06:33:24 EST

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    > "NEW YORK (AP) -- The lines that tie the globe together by carrying
    > phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick
    > where they lie on the ocean floor."

    And AFAIK not all kilometers of cables lie on the ocean floor; if the
    ocean has high depth on a given part of the cable route, the cable
    simply floats on the water on that run. It's just a matter of having
    enough pressure to lift it up.

    Rubens


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