misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoUnderwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damagedwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down14
arrow-up1347arrow-down1external-linkUnderwater internet cables in Red Sea reportedly damagedwww.theregister.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 months agoWhat’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.
minus-squareScubus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoAs they say, you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than attacked by a shark(unless you’re an Internet cable)
minus-squareBoingboing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoFeels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!
minus-squareWeslee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy not just bury them?
minus-squareshadeless@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoBecause it’s one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoPeople with shovels don’t like to get wet.
minus-squareHauntedCupcake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoIt’s more expensive, especially in super deep water
What’s funny is, sharks legitimately attack these kinds of cables regularly. They need to be adequately shielded to prevent shark attacks.
As they say, you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than attacked by a shark(unless you’re an Internet cable)
Feels weird too say that my wifi is being shit cause of sharks but its true!
Why not just bury them?
Because it’s one thing to cruise along with a ship and just unspool some cable into the water but a whole other thing to dig hundreds of miles of trenches deep under water.
People with shovels don’t like to get wet.
It’s more expensive, especially in super deep water