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Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by Scoundreller »

jedberg wrote: post #27

Given all the compute infrastructure in Ireland, I'm surprised it still has no direct connection to continental Europe (they all go through the UK first).

I wonder if they put in a "long-way-around" splice into these forks in the Atlantic, so Ireland would have a connection to Denmark:

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/havfrueaec...

Then you've got this link to the SW tip of UK, that then links to France (via Guernsey & Jersey): https://www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-cable/pan-europe...

There might be an overall direct fibre link.

But yeah, Ireland is at risk of the UK cutting most of their continental Europe capacity.

I've seen some strange investments though that don't seem to add much more on top of what's already there, like this company's: https://crosslakefibre.ca/network/ But maybe despite ample existing infrastructure, the incumbent providers suck so they can make a successful go at providing a bypass.

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by dotancohen »

jacooper wrote: post #47
dotancohen wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, that map is very political. Israel is not mentioned by name, but the Palestinian Territories are.

So writing Israel isn't Political? Your definition of political is obviously biased.

Would writing Germany be Political? Writing Ukraine? These nations exist and are functioning parts of international relations.

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by dmvdoug »

ThinkBeat wrote: post #41

Is it safe to assume that there exists a lot of cables that we are not supposed to know about or at least that are not public and not on such amps? I have long been thinking that the NSA must have some high capacity "black" cables to help the surveillance of the internet. Primarily to capture data, sending all the captured data back through the public internet would be counterproductive. A 5eye private subsea network…

Well, SOSUS had cables that people knew fed into landing stations on the coast but what exactly they were for remained classified until like the 1980s. So those are literally classified government cables. If you mean secret Internet cables, I have no clue, but hey, history teacher had a history answer so… hi. :)

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by jacooper »

dotancohen wrote: post #53
jacooper wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So writing Israel isn't Political? Your definition of political is obviously biased.

Would writing Germany be Political? Writing Ukraine? These nations exist and are functioning parts of international relations.

Well Germany isn't occupying lands illegally or commiting war crimes every minute.

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by betaby »

Scoundreller wrote: post #33

The Katittuq Nunavut Fibre Link, labelled as 2025, had its tender cancelled this year. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-cancels-tender-... > Nunavut is the only province or territory in the country [Canada] without access to fibre internet. The project would bring fibre to both Iqaluit and nearby Kimmirut. Right now, everything is over satellite. Too bad the big "internet cache" systems don't have sneaker…

The whole territory of Nunavut is under 40k habitants. It's totally fine to serve it with satellite. Also I don't see how any completion is possible, again, for a territory with under 40k habitants.

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by dotancohen »

jacooper wrote: post #56
dotancohen wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would writing Germany be Political? Writing Ukraine? These nations exist and are functioning parts of international relations.

Well Germany isn't occupying lands illegally or commiting war crimes every minute.

1. Neither is Israel, despite how your news source is trying to manipulate you.

2. Those nations that do occupy lands illegally and commit war crimes are in fact listed, so that disproves any connection to your supposed reason and the real reason for eliminating the name of the state of Israel.

Re: Submarine Cable Map 2023

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Post by h0nd »

dotancohen wrote: post #29
ezequiel-garzon wrote: post #2

I love these maps, and I'm glad they provide downloads like [1]. I wish the resolution was a bit higher. As it is the names of the towns on the coasts can be read with difficulty. [1] https://submarine-cable-map-2023.telegeography.com/images/Su...

Wow, that map is very political. Israel is not mentioned by name, but the Palestinian Territories are.

Maybe to avoid politics, the name of the region was used.
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