It was a major outtake of the whole area, and there is not that much competition in terms of cables for historical reasons. Though, it's also possible that the

It was a major outtake of the whole area, and there is not that much competition in terms of cables for historical reasons. Though, it's also possible that the other connections just failed, or could not take the sudden traffic, or the system crashed for some nonsical reason, because nobody really tested this scenario.