Re: Russian government’s disconnection test

Sat Nov 2 23:33:56 UTC 2019

Sean Donelan wrote on 02/11/2019 19:32:
> Has anyone compared the network resiliancy and reliability in countries 
> with centralized control with similar situated countries with 
> decentralized networks?

US-EU connectivity is curious.  E.g. how many active transatlantic EU-US 
cable systems are there?  How many active transatlantic cable systems 
are there which are less than 15 years old?  How many active 
transatlantic cable systems are there which are less than 15 years old 
and which don't pass through the UK, which will be outside the EU in a 
couple of months time?  How many planned new US-EU cable systems 
terminate solely in the UK?

Answers: 19, 3, 2, 0.

> I agree with Fred, but trying to keep this on a technical list. 

International connectivity is intrinsically linked to both politics and 
economics - always has been.

Nick