Comments on: Has a fifth cable been cut? https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Neville Burridge https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3604 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:41:23 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3604 I served on the certamen for many years, when she was the john cadot. Could you please send me a recent pitcherand is she still in service

]]> By: Virgil Samms https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3603 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:19:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3603

An ambiguous report from Dubai suggests that a total of five undersea cables have been cut.

They are confused. A second break was discovered in one of the original cables; i.e. the first cut was repaired before someone was through installing the tap at a second site.

]]> By: Jim Lippard https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3602 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:12:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3602 Greg:I’ve been keeping my blog post on the cable issues up-to-date. Here’s a quick summary:1. VSNL’s SeaMeWe-4, 12.334 km from Alexandria, in the Mediterranean. Currently under repair, should be fixed by this weekend.2. Qtel’s cable from Haloul (Qatar) to Das (UAE), in the Persian Gulf. Probably not a cut, but damaged power system due to weather.3. FLAG’s Europe-Asia (FEA Segment D), 8.3 km from Alexandria, in the Mediterranean. Currently under repair, should be fixed by this weekend by cable ship CS Certamen.4. FLAG’s FALCON (FALCON Segment 2), 56 km from Dubai, in the Persian Gulf. Currently under repair, should be fixed by this weekend. This cut was due to a ship’s anchor–an abandoned 5-6 ton anchor was recovered by FLAG at the site (see photo in FLAG’s update [flagtelecom.com], PDF)5. FLAG’s Europe-Asia (FEA Segment M), 28 km from Penang, Malaysia. Scheduled for repair on February 11 by cable ship CS Asean Restorer.6. FLAG’s FALCON (FALCON Segments 7a and 7b), two faults on the cable between Kuwait and Bandar Abbas, Iran, scheduled for repair on February 19.Keep in mind that this is all occurring during extremely bad weather in the region, and not all of these issues involve cuts. This is not unprecedented, either–in December 2006 there were nine submarine cable cuts between Taiwan and Japan due to earthquakes.

]]> By: Steinn Sigurdsson https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3601 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:05:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/07/has-a-fifth-cable-been-cut/#comment-3601 Flag telecom is reporting they recovered an abandoned ships anchor at the site of the Falcon cable cut in the Persian GulfSee http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-am-lineman-for-county.html

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