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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Well, when you have all these cables running through narrow straits or converging to the same stretch of beach, it does not strike me as at all extraordinary. <BR>
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An important factor is cooperation. Is there cooperation between the fiber optic guys and fishing associations to minimize hits?<BR>
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I would wager there is close to zero.<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of Martin Hannigan<BR>
Sent: Fri 2/1/2008 10:33 PM<BR>
To: Ahmed Maged (amaged)<BR>
Cc: Steven M. Bellovin; nanog@merit.edu<BR>
Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption<BR>
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On Feb 1, 2008 2:25 PM, Ahmed Maged (amaged) <amaged@cisco.com> wrote:<BR>
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> "Does look normal to me" is far from a global conspiracy theory.<BR>
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> Thank you for the translation but I think you got it wrong.<BR>
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I agree, there should be a sanity check as I understand that they are<BR>
within close proximity of each other. Two ships slipping anchors and<BR>
causing cable breaks in the same area is odd, but if there's a storm<BR>
in the area, that would not be that much of a surprise. There should<BR>
be some logic to the madness.<BR>
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I think that the moral of the story is that "more" operators should<BR>
try to better understand what diversity means beyond the metro. The<BR>
challenge is getting the information. The Teleography series of<BR>
internet/sub maps are interesting. They don't demonstrate diversity<BR>
though, since they show figurative routing. Those nice and straight<BR>
lines are a pipe dream.<BR>
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