What most hams overthink is their capacity for traffic handling. Modern disasters require petabytes to be moved hours ago.
Scott KE5NPZ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:33 PM > To: Shortwave programming discussion; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Swprograms] Fwd: [Swlfest] In The Middle East: Shortwave 3, Internet 0 > > Some might have heard about this...I was thinking the same thing > earlier today... > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Curt Phillips W4CP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Feb 1, 2008 6:21 PM > Subject: [Swlfest] In The Middle East: Shortwave 3,Internet 0 > To: Tarheel Scanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: rtpnet RARS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, SWLFest SWLFest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast > (story below) > > Don't get me wrong. As some of you know, I was teaching about the > Internet at community colleges back before most people knew it > existed, and I like it and use it on a daily basis. > > But as Scotty said, "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier > it is to stop up the drain." (Trust a nerd to give you a Star Trek > quote.:-) > > Whether these cables were cut on purpose or by accident, it highlights > the vulnerability of this very complicated system that requires > infrastructure around the world. As we all know (and we hams prove > every Field Day), give us a generator, a tent and some trees to string > up some antenna wire, and we'll have a shortwave station on the air > quickly. And the intended recipients will only need a small portable > battery-powered radio. To get a more reliable, larger coverage area > takes a bit more work on the transmitter site, but it's still a system > that is much tougher to stop than the Internet. > > We all know this, but you might want to pass along this story to those > who say, "What is the need for shortwave radio when we have the > Internet?" > > Hope to see you at the Fest. > > 73, > Curt W4CP > > > > Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast > > (CNN) -- An undersea cable carrying Internet traffic was cut off the > Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, officials said Friday, the third loss > of a line carrying Internet and telephone traffic in three days. > > Dubai has been hit hard by an Internet outage apparently caused by a > cut undersea cable. > Ships have been dispatched to repair two undersea cables damaged on > Wednesday off Egypt. > > FLAG Telecom, which owns one of the cables, said repairs were expected > to be completed by February 12. France Telecom, part owner of the > other cable, said it was uncertain when repairs on it would be > repaired. > > Stephan Beckert, an analyst with TeleGeography, a research company > that consults on global Internet issues, said the cables off Egypt > were likely damaged by ships' anchors. > > The loss of the two Mediterranean cables -- FLAG Telecom's FLAG > Europe-Asia cable and SeaMeWe-4, a cable owned by a consortium of more > than a dozen telecommunications companies -- has snarled Internet and > phone traffic from Egypt to India. > > Officials said Friday it was unclear what caused the damage to FLAG's > FALCON cable about 50 kilometers off Dubai. A repair ship was en > route, FLAG said. > > Eric Schoonover, a senior analyst with TeleGeography, said the FALCON > cable is designed on a "ring system," taking it on a circuit around > the Persian Gulf and enabling traffic to be more easily routed around > damage. > > Schoonover said the two cables damaged Wednesday collectively account > for as much as three-quarters of the international communications > between Europe and the Middle East, so their loss had a much bigger > effect. > > Without the use of the FLAG Europe-Asia cable and SeaMeWe-4, some > carriers were forced to reroute their European traffic around the > globe, which could cause delays, Beckert said. > > Other carriers could use SeaMeWe-3, an older cable that remained the > only direct connection from Europe to the Middle East and Asia. > Because this cable is older, it has a smaller capacity than the two > damaged cables, Beckert said. > > Still, Beckert stressed that although the problem created a "big pain" > for many of carriers, it did not compare to the several months of > disruption in East Asia in 2006 after an earthquake damaged seven > undersea cables near Taiwan. > > FULL STORY: > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/01/internet.outage/index.html > > > Curt Phillips, CEM CMVP > W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI > ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA > Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group > WTSB AM1090- Sat. Mornings 6AM-9AM > Raleigh, NC USA > curt<at>nerdster.net > -- > "If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough." - > Mario Andretti > > > ________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! 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