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Re: A transAtlantic cable was severed.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Feb 23 14:42:04 1999

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:30:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Cc: Henry Linneweh <linneweh@concentric.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199902231831.NAA04425@sigma.nrk.com>

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, David Lesher wrote:

> There's an obvious problem. How could they locate both ends,
> lift same, splice, and seal the cable in 24 hours?

I don't think they did. I think they just were able to move the data onto
other routes in 24 hours. If they did splice the cable in 24 hours, I
would like to see the video of that one. :-)

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