Reply to post: Mainland Europe

Iceland starts planning for new undersea internet cable to Europe

A.P. Veening Silver badge

Mainland Europe

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Local TV station RUV reported: "Both for data security and to ensure Iceland's ability to receive and send large amounts of internet traffic, it is considered important to establish a third physical point of contact with mainland Europe."

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I think this is the first time ever in history that one of the British isles, leave alone Ireland, is described as mainland Europe.

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