Interesting to me, and maybe to millions of others, is the fact that in the last week, four underwater fiber optic cables have some how suffered cuts; effectively breaking connection for millions of internet users around the world.
It sounds as if those affected are in the Middle East, Iran, Pakistan, Asia and India. Many of those places are used by businesses as an outsourcing service for data entry or programming. This is costly as well as inconvient for many.
There are all kinds of speculations on just how this could happen. Of course, it could happen with the shifting that occurs with the underwater plates that are affected by an earthquake, or something traumatic like that; but, that hasn’t been documented to my knowledge. Or large ship anchors that could drag and potentially, break the cables. But, four of those lines of communication have been cut at the same time by some type of event.
Then, there are those who question international terrorists or government agencies wanting to eliminate or control communications in certain areas. There are so many unknown things about international government security…it does make you wonder. Especially knowing that, Osama Bin Laden has not been located yet. Could that be a possible explanation? I am sure that question will surface next on the news. See what i mean…there is no end to questions, when things like this happen.
How will the telecommunications companies protect and secure these underwater cables? Is there any realistic way to do it? Is data or information vulnerable? Glad i dont have to figure it out!
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