Linode: Major cuts to several submarine cables to Singapore

Once again, it seems, submarine cables around Asia are in trouble. The first report The Register is aware of came out of cloud provider Linode, which has posted a network status statement that goes like this. On February 29, several undersea cables in the Asia Pacific region experienced major fiber cuts. These undersea …

[waggawagga]

I live in Cairns

And saw Lodbrog steaming out of port a bit after 3 pm yesterday. Can provide photos.

[batfastad]

Re: I live in Cairns

Pics or it didn't happen :)

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: I live in Cairns

'Can provide photos.'

Nudge-nudge-wink-wink.

[Anonymous Coward]

Seismic activity or...

Wyndham's coelenterates?!?

[Martin Gregorie]

Re: Seismic activity or...

Its a bit too shallow for them to be really happy sniffing about for cables.

[I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects]

By Damn

I could get used to eating coconut milkfat and peaches... Cable what cable?

What the hell am I reading about this for?

Boy that was like ice creammmm

[PNGuinn]

Re: By Damn

Que?

[Crazy Operations Guy]

When are those laser-comm satellites supposed to be ready?

I can;t wait until they start deploying those laser-based comms satellites. We really need a second method of getting data across the water, the massive cables are fine for the bulk of it, but a backup in case something like this happens, is really needed.

[AliBear]

Re: When are those laser-comm satellites supposed to be ready?

Problem would be the round trip delay of well over half a second...

[mosw]

Re: When are those laser-comm satellites supposed to be ready?

"Problem would be the round trip delay of well over half a second..."

Unless they can establish a low earth orbit mesh network. Then the farthest satellite need only be a few 100 km away.