[102222] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Fri Feb 1 18:32:44 2008
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 23:13:22 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: <andrew@profitability.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Telecommunication facilities have rarely been targets of terrorism. =
There is only one known case - the Tamil Tigers destroyed a central =
office in Sri Lanka some years back. My guess is that terrorists want to =
kill people, not destroy optical muxes, Class 5 switches, and the like.=20
And the undersea cable maps are not deliberately vague. There are very =
accurate maps on the Web so that fishing boats can avoid the cables, =
which every couple years cause a small fishing to capsize.=20
Boats are the prinicipal threat. The next important threat is oceanic =
cross currents that erode the plastic cladding that protects the fiber =
and the copper rod that carries the power.=20
Regards,=20
Roderick.=20
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Telecommunication facilities have rarely been targets =
of terrorism. There is only one known case - the Tamil Tigers destroyed =
a central office in Sri Lanka some years back. My guess is that =
terrorists want to kill people, not destroy optical muxes, Class 5 =
switches, and the like.<BR>
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And the undersea cable maps are not deliberately vague. There are very =
accurate maps on the Web so that fishing boats can avoid the cables, =
which every couple years cause a small fishing to capsize.<BR>
<BR>
Boats are the prinicipal threat. The next important threat is oceanic =
cross currents that erode the plastic cladding that protects the fiber =
and the copper rod that carries the power.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
<BR>
Roderick. </FONT>
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