Underwater cable between Finland and rest of Europe breaks (who/what broke it?)

Washington Times ^ | 11/18/24 | Washington Times

[C210N]

A vital undersea cable linking new NATO member Finland to Germany has broken and disrupted communication between Helsinki and the rest of Europe, the company that runs the link said Monday.

[C210N]

bidAn to uke's, missile away deep into Russia.

There are no coincidences.

[dynachrome]

“It was a coinky-dink.”
~Curly

[PGR88]

Its those Ukrainians in rented sailboats again.

[Sacajaweau]

It looks like a communication label. hmmmmm

[Nervous Tick]

It just, you know, broke... they don’t make undersea cables like they used to. Probably Chinese.

[noiseman]

It’s a head-scratcher alright. /s

[T.B. Yoits]

[marktwain]

Looks like a good opportunity for Starlink and Elon Musk.

[T.B. Yoits]

[T.B. Yoits]

Looks like a good opportunity for Starlink and Elon Musk.

That might have been the point if someone didn't want encrypted communications via underground cable. Force it through Starlink and the encrypted communications could be blocked.

[know.your.why]

Mynocks. Chewing on the power cables.

[Leaning Right]

> disrupted communication between Helsinki and the rest of Europe <

This new technology is too complicated, and too vulnerable. Better to go back to something more reliable. And of course I’m talking about carrier pigeons.

[Frank Drebin]

The same people who cut the pipeline...

[FreedomPoster]

Is *that* what my anchor snagged on!?

Sorry about that.

[FreedomPoster]

RFC 1149
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149

[MeanWestTexan]

I don’t see Russia expanding its war. It can barely manage what it has on its plate now.

I can, however, see NATO or the USA acting alone, trying to scare the European populace into going to war with Russia because Russia is perceived as vulnerable.

[Vermont Lt]

The important communications are not on a fiber. They are through radios and sat comms. Although that stuff can be jammed.

There are always carrier pigeons.

[dagunk]

Looks like about twenty of your neighbors are gonna be mad at you, maybe...

Had an ATT guy come around last year, informed me that they were removing the phone lines. He took down the line between the house and pole. The old land lines are going away.

[C210N]

This could be scalable too

[null and void]

The important communications are not on a fiber.

Why?