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It’s not as unusual as you might think. Random failures can cluster. It’s why two paths is never enough if redundancy matters.
by erentz 8y ago
It’s not as unusual as you might think. Random failures can cluster. It’s why two paths is never enough if redundancy matters.
- Arnt 8y agoAdding to that, the two cables are constrained by having the same endpoint and needing not-too-steep paths through the same landscape on the ocean bottom.
- ohithereyou 8y agoReminds me of planning cables in a "backhoe safe" pattern out of a building so a single backhoe can't take out all of your connectivity in a single incident.
- incompatible 8y agoYeah, it's most likely a normal failure. I only said "a bit" suspicious. I suppose it will takes weeks to get a cable ship out to Tonga to fix the breaks. Oh, a comment elsewhere says not so long.