from Hacker News

Internet connectivity worldwide impacted by severed EU subsea cables

by doctorshady on 10/20/22, 5:39 PM with 6 comments

• by carl_dr on 10/20/22, 7:19 PM

  The article leads with severed fibres in Marseille, France which are causing widespread issues, but they were severed on land, not subsea. The article title has been updated since it was posted here.

  The two severed subsea fibres mentioned in the title are under water and route mainland UK-Shetland and Shetland-Faroe, and although that’s very problematic for Shetland, the disruption isn’t widespread.

• by sschueller on 10/20/22, 7:00 PM

  "Many assume that the chances of simultaneous undersea cable cuts in Europe due to fishing trawlers are slim and that sabotage is the only likely explanation."

  Only if you don't know that this does happen from time to time especially during bad weather when fishing and other ships drag their anchors. They are supposed to not do this in these areas but it still hapens way to often.