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Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption

  • From: Michael Painter
  • Date: Fri Feb 01 18:52:23 2008

RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption
----- Original Message ----- From: Rod Beck
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:42 PM
Subject: RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption


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.

An important factor is cooperation. Is there cooperation between the fiber optic guys and fishing associations to minimize hits?

I would wager there is close to zero.

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Here's at least one:

http://www.ofcc.com/procedures.htm