Re: Applicable Law for Trans-Oceanic Cables

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:00:07 -0800 (PST), Jack Linthicum
<jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jan 31, 6:43 am, eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Eugene Griessel) wrote:
Jack Linthicum <jacklinthi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 31, 5:39 am, Dan Olecki <danole...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Please forgive an actually naval-related topic...

It seems to be a widely-reported fact that the internet relies on many
trans-oceanic fiber-optic cables, traversing the world's oceans.

I was wondering, what would happen if some anti-social individual or
group decided to follow the cables out to sea, until they are in
international waters, and then snip-snip-snip away the internet? I
assume that if enough fiber-optic cables are severed, the internet
would slow down considerably, maybe become unusable for some regions.
This might be a desirable outcome for said anti-social
individual(s).

What law governs a fiber-optic cable in international waters? I
assume that the corporation or individual that owns the cable would be
very upset, but whose sovereign law would govern? Is there even a law
that would be broken? I would guess in reality the U.S. Navy would
take an interest in the cable cutters.

http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_cable/index.php

Your scenario has been taken into account, most cables have multiple
landing points.

And it does take a little more than determination, a hacksaw and a
grappling hook to do the damage.

Eugene L Griessel

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- I usually post only from Sci.Military.Naval -

Fisherman are an exception, they can destroy one in one trawl

Don't look now, but cables in the Med have been broken

<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9060339>

This doesn't seem to have been intentional.


Peter Skelton
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