3 ms·
For some reason I was surprised to see so many cables not spanning oceans. Like all the ones going the Strait of Hormuz and up the the Suez Canal. But I guess i
by jonplackett 6y ago
For some reason I was surprised to see so many cables not spanning oceans. Like all the ones going the Strait of Hormuz and up the the Suez Canal. But I guess it just makes a lot of sense to lay cable where you don’t have to worry about buildings and people being in the way.
- csomar 6y agoQuestion is: Are they being included because they are part of that particular Submarine cable infrastructure; or are they independent of it?
- dmurray 6y agoAn interesting contrast with power cables, which are almost always strung overhead except in densely populated areas.
- iptrans 6y agoCrossing multiple national borders is a major political undertaking. It is far more simpler to lay a subsea cable in international waters, especially when hostile nations are concerned. As to the Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal, there really are few or no alternatives, that's why there are so many cables there. It's also why Egypt makes serious bank on permits and other fees. We are talking hundreds of millions of dollars.
- jonplackett 6y agoU guess it can't help that it makes it (a little bit) harder to tap into them nefariously.