[102305] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [admin] Re: Fourth cable damaged in Middle Eest (Qatar to UAE)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Mon Feb 4 12:48:30 2008
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:18:40 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Kee Hinckley" <nazgul@somewhere.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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I have not looked at a map. My guess is that most of these cables are =
linear - point-to-point.=20
Obviously a more robust architecture is a ring. All TransAtlantic cables =
are rings, but can you justify the economic cost of a ring architecture =
to serve relatively small countries? Hmm ...
Despite the needless worrying about terrorism, the single most important =
factor is how well a cable is buried.=20
Deeper is better and more expensive.=20
To bury a cable, you dig a deep trench, drop the cable in it, and let =
Nature cover it. Nature is very good at doing so ...
Roderick S. Beck
Director of European Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I have not looked at a map. My guess is that most of =
these cables are linear - point-to-point.<BR>
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Obviously a more robust architecture is a ring. All TransAtlantic cables =
are rings, but can you justify the economic cost of a ring architecture =
to serve relatively small countries? Hmm ...<BR>
<BR>
Despite the needless worrying about terrorism, the single most important =
factor is how well a cable is buried.<BR>
<BR>
Deeper is better and more expensive.<BR>
<BR>
To bury a cable, you dig a deep trench, drop the cable in it, and let =
Nature cover it. Nature is very good at doing so ...<BR>
<BR>
Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of European Sales<BR>
Hibernia Atlantic<BR>
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris<BR>
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