This incredible map shows the undersea cables that keep the internet alive — and security services are worried Russia could cut themKieran Corcoran
I believe we would be naive to think this sort of thing is only for the purposes of spying. Not unique to large empires, the Chinese government cultivates a roadmap that includes influencing, dominating, and controlling as much of the world as possible. Controlling key internet infrastructure ...
An incident where three men allegedly cut an undersea cables raises the question of how vulnerable the world's submarine internet cables are to damage, whether intentional or accidental.
Detection of the Northern Peru earthquake. (A) Map of the cable sections used in this measurement. Sections e, g and h correspond to sections S3, S4 and S5 in Fig. 2C. (B) Time series and spectrograms of the signals detected on the 9 spans under test. The panels labeled “Entire c...
a dozen countries across africa suffered a major internet outage on thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said. the mtn group, one of africa’s largest network providers, said the ongoing disruptions...
Plus, since the Internet is a major source of Western cultural influence in the Middle East, it would be self-defeating for a Western nation to go and cut the cables. (Not that the West isn’t often self-defeating, but this is a little too blunt.) ...
(21,000-kilometer) ESnet Dark Fiber Testbed. Dark fiber refers to optical cables laid underground, but unused or leased out for short-term use, in contrast to the actively used “lit” internet. The researchers were able to monitor seismic activity and environmental noise and obtain subsurface...
communications -Thissituationisatthecoreofthe“DigitalDivide”. TheAlcatelmapofglobalopticfibernetwork BUILDINGTHEDIGITALBRIDGE CablesintheSea 1.BUILDINGTHEDIGITALBRIDGE BUILDINGTHEDIGITALBRIDGE: 1991-2009 ATLANTIS-2CABLE StartedOperation: 1991 BandwidthCapacity: 40Gigabits/sec Lengthofcable: 12,000km SAFE...
These incredible undersea cables are what connect you to the worldwide webRebecca Harrington
“People are so mobile and always looking for Wi-Fi,” he said. “They don’t think about it, they don’t understand the workings of this massive mesh of cables working together. “They only notice when it’s cut.” A map showing the first telegraph cable laid across the Atlantic betw...