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internet cables

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 9 months ago

 

 

 
 

 

 

The fragility of the internet.

 

The cables—one owned by FLAG Telecom, a subsidiary of India's Reliance Group, the other (SEA-ME-WE 4) by a consortium of 16 telecoms firms—carry almost 90% of the data traffic that goes through the Suez canal. When the connections failed, they took with them almost all internet links between Europe and the Gulf and South Asia.

 

Cables get cut accidentally in the Atlantic all the time.  more than 50+ last year.  but, there are so many cables that it doesnt matter (redundancy). 

 

Recently, there was a damage in the Suez canal at a point where two continents' traffic is borne along only three cables. More are being laid. For the moment, there is only one fair conclusion: the internet is vulnerable, in places, but getting more robust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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