@Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-24 months agoInternet cables cut in the Red Sea in 'exceptionally rare' incident, disrupting much of Asia, Europe, and the Middle Eastfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1162
arrow-up1162external-linkInternet cables cut in the Red Sea in 'exceptionally rare' incident, disrupting much of Asia, Europe, and the Middle Eastfinance.yahoo.com@Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-24 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarejanAkalilinkEnglish2•4 months agoIf it was near the shore - they might’ve stole the section of wire. Copper is really expensive.
minus-square@noride@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish13•4 months agoThey generally use fiber for cables like this due to the bandwidth requirements.
minus-square@ik5pvx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•4 months agoThere’s a sizable amount of copper too, to power the repeaters
If it was near the shore - they might’ve stole the section of wire. Copper is really expensive.
They generally use fiber for cables like this due to the bandwidth requirements.
There’s a sizable amount of copper too, to power the repeaters