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Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () uoregon edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:18:49 -0800
Frank Coluccio wrote:
Kidding aside, these "errors" are actually intentional, and the publisher makes no bones about it at the bottom of the page. See disclaimer under the South Atlantic Ocean: "Cable Routes do not represent all subsea cable networks and do not reflect actual location of cables"
The relevant charts and or current navigation software have the cables well marked because mariners have an obligation under several international treaties (going back to 1884) not to hit them... If you have the tools to go on a "fishing trip" you have the tools to find the cable. If you obfuscate the location of cables I can plead ignorance when I drag it up with my achor. http://mapserver.maptech.com/mapserver/nautical_symbols/L4.html Like with back-hoeing through fiber, if you think hitting a submarine cable is bad there's plenty other stuff out there that has potentially disastrous consequences, gas lines, oil lines, well heads, high voltage power lines, and of course lots of other things that fall into the category of navigational hazards. joelja -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting joelja () uoregon edu GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2
Current thread:
- Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted Frank Coluccio (Dec 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted Andrew Odlyzko (Dec 28)
- RE: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted Frank Coluccio (Dec 28)
- Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted Joel Jaeggli (Dec 28)
- Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted Fred Heutte (Dec 28)
- Re: Undersea fiber cut after Taiwan earthquake - PCCW / Singtel / KT e tc connectivity disrupted W.D.McKinney (Dec 28)