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Europe's Internet resilience mitigates impact of submarine cable cuts

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123 points hampus | 8 comments | 20 Nov 24 22:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source | bottom
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anonymousDan ◴[20 Nov 24 23:08 UTC] No.42199097[source]▶
One important question that I'm unclear on is how long it takes to fix one of these cables. If it takes months then that is quite a wide window in which an attacker could incrementally take down cables.
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booi ◴[20 Nov 24 23:33 UTC] No.42199277[source]▶
Generally it can be fixed in days. They raise it from the sea floor and splice in a new cable section.
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1. mistyvales ◴[20 Nov 24 23:42 UTC] No.42199352[source]▶
Crazy that you can splice optical cable..
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2. dgfitz ◴[20 Nov 24 23:46 UTC] No.42199397[source]▶
I mean… they get terminated somehow, right?
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3. neom ◴[20 Nov 24 23:59 UTC] No.42199495[source]▶
Today, we're going to talk to John Owens and learn about the process of splicing fiber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zN20ZVInfU
4. UltraSane ◴[21 Nov 24 00:14 UTC] No.42199622[source]▶
They actually have very cool devices that will automatically align and fuse two fibers and estimate the loss of the bond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP_C0XLLyR0

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5. dmoy ◴[21 Nov 24 00:40 UTC] No.42199812[source]▶
True, but splicing without leaving behind a powered repeater is different from the final termination with active electronics on the end.

It's pretty cool tech

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6. dgfitz ◴[21 Nov 24 01:28 UTC] No.42200084{3}[source]▶
I’m saying you can terminate cleanly without needing a repeater.

To be clear, I’m saying to terminate each end of the cut cable to a terminating device that continues the flow of light, not just the termination at the beginning/end of the line. Sorry if that wasn’t obvious.

7. ahnick ◴[21 Nov 24 02:03 UTC] No.42200329[source]▶
how much do one of those bad boys cost?
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8. UltraSane ◴[21 Nov 24 03:17 UTC] No.42200756{3}[source]▶
The cheapest ones are surprisingly cheap at less than $1,000 and the highest end ones are $10,000