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| Thread ID: 86950 | 2008-02-02 21:28:00 | Undersea cables cut. | Poppa John (284) | PC World Chat |
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| 636550 | 2008-02-02 21:28:00 | Is this a coincidence that three cables have been damaged, in such a short timespan? Or could it have been deliberate. PJ the cynic. |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 636551 | 2008-02-02 21:44:00 | IF it is not a coincidence, (just trials near to home?) where will be next? And what will the new cable insurance premiums do to internet pricing? Satellite bandwidth might be hard pressed, and gaming may be a bit sluggish. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 636552 | 2008-02-03 01:26:00 | Is this a coincidence that three cables have been damaged, in such a short timespan? Or could it have been deliberate. PJ the cynic. The problem is that once the 1st 2 cables were cut especially SE ME 4 or whatever its called and the secondary one, all the load was passed onto the 3rd cable which was hardly used because it already was deteriorating and not considered reliable. The 3rd cable could not take the load and thus BOOM. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 636553 | 2008-02-03 01:36:00 | Sorry, Boring! Conspiracy is MUCH better. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 636554 | 2008-02-03 21:06:00 | The 3rd cable could not take the load and thus BOOM. Presuming we are talking about data cables not Cook Strait power feeds, because I haven't read any relevant news yet: You can't "blow up" a data cable. You can reach data capacity, or the cable may physically deteriorate through ingress of water etc and suffer reduced capacity, but that is all. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 636555 | 2008-02-03 21:11:00 | He's talking about the middle-east data cable failures. And no, nothing exploded, but three major cables (SEA-ME-WE-4, FLAG, and another FLAG-related cable) have been cut - the first two on Wednesday, and the the third on Friday. This means that the SEA-ME-WE-3 cable system is the only major mediterranean backbone left operational - it's old and slow, and the cut cables are the ones that replaced it. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 636556 | 2008-02-03 21:17:00 | And I still think a conspiracy story will sell more soap than a boring tale about accidents. Forget facts and spare a thought for the advertisers. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 636557 | 2008-02-04 06:31:00 | Presuming we are talking about data cables not Cook Strait power feeds, because I haven't read any relevant news yet: You can't "blow up" a data cable. You can reach data capacity, or the cable may physically deteriorate through ingress of water etc and suffer reduced capacity, but that is all. Cheers Billy 8-{) When I said BOOM I din't actually mean it physically going BOOM but more in the fact that it ceased to operate. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 636558 | 2008-02-04 07:22:00 | Is this a coincidence that three cables have been damaged, in such a short timespan? Or could it have been deliberate. PJ the cynic. \ Can we assume that you have some ideas as to why you make your suggestion? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 636559 | 2008-02-04 07:46:00 | \ Can we assume that you have some ideas as to why you make your suggestion? No. Not really. Just my suspicious mind. I think IF I was a terrorist it would have been one of the first things I would have targeted. Yes targeting People is frightening. Transportation bombings are a nuiscance only, soon got around. Damaging comminications cables causes more personal inconvenience to MORE people around the World. Don't know why Terrorists haven't thought of it before no. But then again, it could just be a huge coincidence. A case of three shipps dragging their anchors. PJ |
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