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Undersea 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 perfor
by ceph_ 7y ago
Undersea 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?