[102224] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Fri Feb 1 18:52:23 2008
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:44:55 -1000
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
----- Original Message -----
From: Rod Beck
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:42 PM
Subject: RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
Well, when you have all these cables running through narrow straits or converging to the same stretch of beach, it does
not strike me as at all extraordinary.
An important factor is cooperation. Is there cooperation between the fiber optic guys and fishing associations to minimize
hits?
I would wager there is close to zero.
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Here's at least one:
http://www.ofcc.com/procedures.htm
