Politicians in Washington D.C. think that the Internet is made of tubes. Most other people think the modern Internet is made of cell phones and wireless connections. They have no idea of how the Intertubes works. Readers of Bach Seat know that undersea cables cross the globe connecting the continents. Despite a century of development cables are still subject to the same threats the first transatlantic cables faced in 1900.
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he Internet remains a relatively fragile thing according to Catchpoint. They report that the Internet can be brought down by as a little as an old woman with a hacksaw. Squirrels and bears have been known to wreak havoc with fiber optic cables as well.
The article says that Internet users in Vietnam have recently been suffering through slow and intermittent connections for months now without any explanation of the cause. The cause was not a government tapping the underwater fiber, it was just a dangerous – SHARKS.
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Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.