Tag Archives: ocean

Snip, snip, snip[, snip, snip (update)]

Orange: “3 cables cut this morning (Sea Me We3 partly + Sea Me We4 + FLAG). [...] The causes of the cut, which is located in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia, on sections linking Sicily to Egypt, remain unclear.”
Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service
Djibouti: 71% out of service
Egypt: 52% out of service
United Arab Emirates: [...]

Demystifying submarine cables

was the name of a presentation at NANOG 43:

Part 1. How are submarine cables funded. Participants: a consortium member and a private owner
Part 2. The commercial aspects of the submarine cable. Participants: cable operators
Part 3. How do submarine cables work (to satify the inner geek). Participant: cable builder
Part 4: What connectivity services can you buy [...]