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> Huawei put the industry on notice late last year, when it completed a cable between South America and Africa. Somewhat tangential, but not I'm curious about
by zengid 7y ago
> Huawei put the industry on notice late last year, when it completed a cable between South America and Africa.
Somewhat tangential, but not I'm curious about how undersea cables deal with the tectonic plate movements and any volcanic activity on the plate boundary. Then I found this interesting article: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/seafloor-cables-carry-world-s-internet-traffic-can-also-detect-earthquakes https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/seafloor-cables-carr...
- ceph_ 7y agoUndersea cables are laid with a significant amount of slack. It's needed for a cable repair ship to be able to haul up the cable from the ocean floor and perform repairs mid-span.
- packet_nerd 7y agoLooking at the cable map [1] makes me wonder, what do they do when cables are crisscrossed over and under each other? [1] https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
- yyhhsj0521 7y agoIf a cable is picked up with another cable on it, the latter one just slides to the side?