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It’s about a 1-3 month repair job to acquire replacement cable, load it into a ship, and sail out to the break point. However, service is restored sooner than
by oogali 7y ago
It’s about a 1-3 month repair job to acquire replacement cable, load it into a ship, and sail out to the break point.
However, service is restored sooner than that by rerouting service over a different fiber cable or undamaged set of fibers.
- oyashirochama 7y agoThey don't replace the cable typically, they fuse it with epoxy and it usually works pretty efficiently, mostly taking the time scheduling the boat and equipment the repair is likely a couple hour job at most and 12-24 for the epoxy to dry.
- doikor 7y agoThe cable is not fully replaced. They lift the cable up to a boat and repair it (replacing the damaged bit and joining it to the original) and lower it back down. Here is an animation describing the process https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJblHOGXKo4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJblHOGXKo4
- wwarner 7y agoAmazing really that the optics at the repair site are still good enough to carry the bandwidth.