Really? What cable is that?! -----Original Message----- From: Rubens Kuhl Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 02 February 2008 11:33 To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Another cablecut - sri lanka to suez Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
> "NEW YORK (AP) -- The lines that tie the globe together by carrying > phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick > where they lie on the ocean floor." And AFAIK not all kilometers of cables lie on the ocean floor; if the ocean has high depth on a given part of the cable route, the cable simply floats on the water on that run. It's just a matter of having enough pressure to lift it up. Rubens
