[102206] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Fri Feb 1 13:43:21 2008
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:16:24 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Ahmed Maged \(amaged\)" <amaged@cisco.com>,
"Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>,
"Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@gmail.com>
Cc: "Hank Nussbacher" <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>,
"Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Of course, we all know the Mossad (Israeli secret services) and CIA did =
it as part of the global conspiracy against the Middle East and Third =
World ...
In recent years I have restrained myself, but from time to time the 'old =
Rod Beck' manages to evade the supervision of the Super Ego (presumably =
you know your Freudian psychology).=20
But seriously, double failures occur all the time. TAT-14 went dark for =
over 24 hours on December 28, 2003 when one cable was damaged and the =
switch of traffic to the other cable caused the second cable to =
experience a repeater failure.=20
Probability dictates that the improbable will happen given enough time. =
The improbable is unlikely, not impossible.=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: Ahmed Maged (amaged) [mailto:amaged@cisco.com]
Sent: Fri 2/1/2008 6:05 PM
To: Steven M. Bellovin; Martin Hannigan
Cc: Rod Beck; Hank Nussbacher; Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
=20
Doesn't look normal to me that both cables were cut 'accidently'
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From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Steven M. Bellovin
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:49 PM
To: Martin Hannigan
Cc: Rod Beck; Hank Nussbacher; Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
Today's NY Times reports that the problem was caused by two
near-simultaneous cable failures:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/business/worldbusiness/31cable.html
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Of course, we all know the Mossad (Israeli secret =
services) and CIA did it as part of the global conspiracy against the =
Middle East and Third World ...<BR>
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In recent years I have restrained myself, but from time to time the 'old =
Rod Beck' manages to evade the supervision of the Super Ego (presumably =
you know your Freudian psychology).<BR>
<BR>
But seriously, double failures occur all the time. TAT-14 went dark for =
over 24 hours on December 28, 2003 when one cable was damaged and the =
switch of traffic to the other cable caused the second cable to =
experience a repeater failure.<BR>
<BR>
Probability dictates that the improbable will happen given enough time. =
The improbable is unlikely, not impossible.<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>
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<BR>
-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Ahmed Maged (amaged) [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:amaged@cisco.com">mailto:amaged@cisco.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Fri 2/1/2008 6:05 PM<BR>
To: Steven M. Bellovin; Martin Hannigan<BR>
Cc: Rod Beck; Hank Nussbacher; Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption<BR>
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Doesn't look normal to me that both cables were cut 'accidently'<BR>
<BR>
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From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu">mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu</A>] =
On Behalf Of<BR>
Steven M. Bellovin<BR>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:49 PM<BR>
To: Martin Hannigan<BR>
Cc: Rod Beck; Hank Nussbacher; Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption<BR>
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Today's NY Times reports that the problem was caused by two<BR>
near-simultaneous cable failures:<BR>
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