Re: 5th undersea cable cut!

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Author: keith smith
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Subject: Re: 5th undersea cable cut!


Investigator: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.

Investigator: Uh... so did you cut the cables?

Bad Guy: No sir we did not!

Investigator: Okay I believe you.

Investigator to supervisor: No one will admit it.... I think they are telling the truth... why would they lie?





Charles Jones <> wrote:
Technomage-hawke wrote:
> This is the lesson of Nihilism that is being learned the hard way in the
> middle east. Perhaps them cutting themselves off is a good thing.
>

If they wanted to cut themselves off, wouldn't it be easier to just
unplug their routers? Do they even have the ability to cut undersea
cables? Why doesn't someone just go around to all the countries that
have submarines and point blank ask, hey did you guys do this?
> in any case, it shouldn't be all that hard to reroute around the problem area.
> There is, after all, a huge surplus of "dark" cable that can be lit up for
> situations such as this.
>

What dark cable are you referring to? I believe the only "backup" cables 
are also-live, lower-bandwidth ones. Looks like thusfar nobody has 
re-routed:    http://www.internettrafficreport.com/history/267.htm


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