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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of Martin Hannigan<BR>
Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 12:48 PM<BR>
To: Hank Nussbacher<BR>
Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption<BR>
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On Jan 31, 2008 4:30 AM, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:<BR>
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> I think more interesting is the landing stations where numerous cables<BR>
> intersect. They may be diverse in the water, but they cluster around each<BR>
> other when they hit the landing stations.<BR>
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> -Hank<BR>
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They aren't that diverse in the water either and many cables cross<BR>
each other and cluster before they hit landing stations including out<BR>
in the middle of the sea. The Teleography maps, for example, are not<BR>
route maps, they are showing a cable A and Z end with a relative<BR>
route. The International Cable Protection Committee has some literal<BR>
maps available that show just how much of a mess it all is.<BR>
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US East Coast to UK West Coast is a great example.<BR>
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-M<<BR>
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