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Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean

Posted by timothy on from the now-we-need-a-plucky-diver dept.

GWMAW writes "A robotic submarine searched beneath the Mediterranean on Sunday for damaged communications cables, two days after Web and telephone access was knocked out for much of the Middle East. Telecommunication providers from Cairo to Dubai continued Sunday to scramble to reroute voice and data traffic through potentially costly detours in Asia and North America after the lines running under the Mediterranean Sea were damaged Friday." According to the article, "Once found, the cable ends will be pulled to the surface and repaired on deck — a process that could take several days."

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  1. Re:How do they do it? by ByOhTek · · Score: 2, Insightful

    how do you propose to power it?

    I'm not saying power couldn't be supplied, but I don't think it'd be cost effective, and you'd need to run a whole new set of lines.

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  2. Re:How do they do it? by joeslugg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm wondering about the "pulled to the surface and repaired on deck" part.

    I imagine a cable laying on the sea floor going more or less "straight"
    from A to B. Is there enough slack in the line to bring the broken
    ends to the surface and hold them together?

    (Clearly, the answer must be 'yes'. But I'm just wondering if anyone knows
    more about it. Do they intentionally leave in some slack just for such a
    reason when they lay a cable like this?)

  3. Huh? by GuloGulo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "There are moments when I am not proud of America..."

    What does America have to do with you being a paranoid whackjob?

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