[102342] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Fourth cable damaged in Middle Eest (Qatar to UAE)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Tue Feb 5 12:22:22 2008
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 17:12:29 -0000
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>, <frank@dticonsulting.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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There is an important point to make here. The word 'cut' is misleading =
as it suggests that someone cut it.=20
The correct terminology is 'non-operational cable'. Shakespeare faces no =
competition from my industry ...
Most cable failures occur when deep ocean currents rub the cable against =
rocks and erode the cladding until water hits the copper that carries =
power through the cable to the undersea repeaters. At that point the =
individual fibers have little protection and it is not long before those =
fibers are cut or sufficiently bent by pounding against a rocky surface =
to degrade the signal to the point where it is useless.=20
In other words, the very terminology we use tends to suggest misleading =
that there had to be an agent - a doer.=20
And as noted, all it really takes is bending a fiber sufficiently to =
knock it out.=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
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>There is an important point to make here. The word =
'cut' is misleading as it suggests that someone cut it.<BR>
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The correct terminology is 'non-operational cable'. Shakespeare faces no =
competition from my industry ...<BR>
<BR>
Most cable failures occur when deep ocean currents rub the cable against =
rocks and erode the cladding until water hits the copper that carries =
power through the cable to the undersea repeaters. At that point the =
individual fibers have little protection and it is not long before those =
fibers are cut or sufficiently bent by pounding against a rocky surface =
to degrade the signal to the point where it is useless.<BR>
<BR>
In other words, the very terminology we use tends to suggest misleading =
that there had to be an agent - a doer.<BR>
<BR>
And as noted, all it really takes is bending a fiber sufficiently to =
knock it out.<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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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>
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