The Men Who Fix the Internet

Posted by kdawson on Monday March 16, 2009 @03:36PM from the physical-side-of-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember all those undersea cables breaking? PopSci.com introduces John Rennie, who '... has braved the towering waves of the North Atlantic Ocean to keep your e-mail coming to you. As chief submersible engineer aboard the Wave Sentinel, part of the fleet operated by UK-based undersea installation and maintenance firm Global Marine Systems, Rennie — a congenial, 6'4", 57-year-old Scotsman — patrols the seas, dispatching a remotely operated submarine deep below the surface to repair undersea cables.' The article goes on to outline the physical infrastructure of the Internet, including some of its points of vulnerability."

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Re:What about satellites? by Shikaku · 2009-03-16 16:13 · Score: 4, Insightful

Latency is a huge problem with that idea buddy.
Another underappreciated job by dwhitaker · 2009-03-16 16:15 · Score: 5, Insightful

This is yet another example of the jobs which we rely on everyday but don't give much thought to. Also, this make me really think there is a great job out there to fit everyone. (When the economy improves that is.)

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Douglas Whitaker