Re: Undersea cable damages in the Atlantic?

[Andy Ringsmuth <andy () andyring com>]

> On Jan 18, 2022, at 11:08 AM, Mukund Sivaraman <muks () mukund org> wrote:
>
> We received the following email today from our upstream (in India):
>
> > Our transit traffic partners have reported multiple sub-sea cable
> > damages on the Atlantic route towards Europe and US east coast. Users
> > might face additional latency and occasional packet loss towards these
> > destinations.
> >
> > Our partners are working with relevant authorities and cable sea
> > companies for restoration and will take few days to address it. We
> > will inform as soon as this is resolved. Inconvenience caused is
> > highly regretted.
>
> I've read about cable cuts due to the Tonga volcanic eruption, but the
> above as "multiple cable damages" is mentioned as in the Atlantic. Does
> anyone know more about this? A news search for "cable cuts" didn't bring
> up anything aside from the Tonga story.
>
>               Mukund

Hmmm…

Multiple sub-sea cable problems referencing Europe and the US east coast…

Putin testing the waters for connectivity disruptions ahead of a Ukraine invasion? Where the US and NATO are the thorn 
in his side?



-Andy