@Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-29 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-up1162arrow-down16
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-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-29 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarejanAkalilinkfedilinkEnglish-2•9 months agoIf it was near the shore - they might’ve stole the section of wire. Copper is really expensive.
minus-square@noride@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish12•9 months agoThey generally use fiber for cables like this due to the bandwidth requirements.
minus-square@ik5pvx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 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