[194818] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Fri Jun 2 11:11:42 2017
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From: Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com>
To: "valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>, "ahebert@pubnix.net"
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 15:11:36 +0000
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Landing stations can be 10 to 30 kilometers from the beach manhole. I don't=
think it is big concern. Hibernia Atlantic dublin landing station is a goo=
d example.
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Subject: Re: Russian diplomats lingering near fiber optic cables
On Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:14:12 -0400, Alain Hebert said:
> It will if the Ocean level change drastically.
Raising the question - how well protected against sea level rise *is* the
average cable landing/termination station, given that most landing stations=
in
particular are probably fairly near the beach and not very high above sea
level? Are there any in particular that we need to worry if another Hurri=
cane
Sandy or local equivalent wanders by?
