Hi Gordon, You mean this one?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_communications_cable All you need is a shovel and a big axe, and a lot of patience. If you give me enough time I might even be able to find one of those endpoints. Yes, the problem exists, and yes, when the internet goes slower than usual there will be panic, but from what I know is that these "connections" are more robust than people actually think. Its a storm in a glass of water. Julius On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 7:35 PM Gordon Lennox <[email protected]> wrote: > A new report on an old problem. > > << We must do more to protect the indispensable yet insecure internet > infrastructure provided by undersea cables, urges Rishi Sunak MP in a new > report published by Policy Exchange, Undersea Cables: Indispensable, > insecure. > > 97% of global communications and $10 trillion in daily financial > transactions are transmitted not by satellites in the skies, but by cables > lying deep beneath the ocean. Undersea cables are the indispensable > infrastructure of our time, essential to our modern life and digital > economy, yet they are inadequately protected and highly vulnerable to > attack at sea and on land, from both hostile states and terrorists. > > US intelligence officials have spoken of Russian submarines “aggressively > operating” near Atlantic cables as part of its broader interest in > unconventional methods of warfare. When Russia annexed Crimea, one of its > first moves was to sever the main cable connection to the outside world. > > Undersea cables come ashore in just a few remote, coastal locations. These > landing sites are critical national infrastructure but often have minimal > protection, making them vulnerable to terrorism. A foiled Al-Qaeda plot to > destroy a key London internet exchange in 2007 illustrates the credibility > of the threat. >> > > See: > > > https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/undersea-cables-indispensable-insecure/ > > And so governments must now do something? > > Gordon > > >
