[102183] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Thu Jan 31 08:08:14 2008
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:04:31 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell@gmail.com>,
"Hank Nussbacher" <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>
Cc: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Well, take a look at this map and tell me how many TransAtlantic landing =
stations are within several kilometers of each other.=20
Look at how the TransAtlantic cables converge to landing points (except =
for Hibernia).=20
http://www.kisca.org.uk/Web_SWApproaches.pdf
These maps are used by UK and Irish fishing boats to avoid the undersea =
cables.=20
Regards,=20
Roderick S. Beck
Director of European Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.=20
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com
rodbeck@erols.com
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
Albert Einstein.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of Alexander Harrowell
Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 10:48 AM
To: Hank Nussbacher
Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
=20
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>
wrote:
>
> I think more interesting is the landing stations where numerous cables
> intersect. They may be diverse in the water, but they cluster around =
each
> other when they hit the landing stations.
Exactly; which have historically been in the same strategic locations. =
Suez,
Singapore, Cape Town; it's the strategic map of the British Empire. =
"Five
strategic keys lock up the world", as Lord Fisher said. (Dover, =
Gibraltar,
Singapore, Cape Town, and Suez).
The similarity is truly uncanny.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Well, take a look at this map and tell me how many =
TransAtlantic landing stations are within several kilometers of each =
other.<BR>
<BR>
Look at how the TransAtlantic cables converge to landing points (except =
for Hibernia).<BR>
<BR>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.kisca.org.uk/Web_SWApproaches.pdf">http://www.kisca.or=
g.uk/Web_SWApproaches.pdf</A><BR>
<BR>
These maps are used by UK and Irish fishing boats to avoid the undersea =
cables.<BR>
<BR>
Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of European Sales<BR>
Hibernia Atlantic<BR>
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris<BR>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com">http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com<=
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Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.<BR>
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.<BR>
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.<BR>
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth<BR>
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com<BR>
rodbeck@erols.com<BR>
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
Albert Einstein.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of Alexander Harrowell<BR>
Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 10:48 AM<BR>
To: Hank Nussbacher<BR>
Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption<BR>
<BR>
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Hank Nussbacher =
<hank@efes.iucc.ac.il><BR>
wrote:<BR>
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><BR>
> I think more interesting is the landing stations where numerous =
cables<BR>
> intersect. They may be diverse in the water, but they cluster =
around each<BR>
> other when they hit the landing stations.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Exactly; which have historically been in the same strategic locations. =
Suez,<BR>
Singapore, Cape Town; it's the strategic map of the British Empire. =
"Five<BR>
strategic keys lock up the world", as Lord Fisher said. (Dover, =
Gibraltar,<BR>
Singapore, Cape Town, and Suez).<BR>
<BR>
The similarity is truly uncanny.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
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