http://www.kisca.org.uk/Web_SWApproaches.pdf
And if you enlarge the map, you can see little dots on the lines representing the cables that denote repairs. Lots and lots of repairs. Treacherous waters. Roderick S. Beck Director of European Sales Hibernia Atlantic 1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com Wireless: 1-212-444-8829. Landline: 33-1-4346-3209. French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97. AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' Albert Einstein. -----Original Message----- From: Rod Beck Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 1:05 PM To: Martin Hannigan; Hank Nussbacher Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption http://www.kisca.org.uk/Web_SWApproaches.pdf -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Martin Hannigan Sent: Thu 1/31/2008 12:48 PM To: Hank Nussbacher Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Sicily to Egypt undersea cable disruption On Jan 31, 2008 4:30 AM, Hank Nussbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >\ > > I think more interesting is the landing stations where numerous cables > intersect. They may be diverse in the water, but they cluster around each > other when they hit the landing stations. > > -Hank They aren't that diverse in the water either and many cables cross each other and cluster before they hit landing stations including out in the middle of the sea. The Teleography maps, for example, are not route maps, they are showing a cable A and Z end with a relative route. The International Cable Protection Committee has some literal maps available that show just how much of a mess it all is. US East Coast to UK West Coast is a great example. -M<
