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So this is where the internet comes in to the East Coast? Was it completely unaffected by hurricane Sandy?
by denisnazarov 13y ago
So this is where the internet comes in to the East Coast? Was it completely unaffected by hurricane Sandy?
- mpyne 13y agoThe cables were already underwater, what's a few more feet of storm surge to them?
- jevinskie 13y agoWell the buildings that they land in may not like water that much. =)
- akiselev 13y agoI believe the cables are dug underground as they approach land. It would be too easy to cut in shallow waters otherwise.
- rdl 13y agoIt's progressive, going from just anti-shark/power carrying sheath in the deep ocean to light steel cable armor a ways out to trenched as it approaches the shore itself. They splice the cable together according to a specific plan based on a survey (first desktop, then underwater) to account for underwater terrain and risks.