Research in 2021: around 60% of undersea internet cable faults were caused by fishing equipment or anchors; repairs can often cost $250K to $3M per incident
On the evening of Oct. 14, the managing director of Shefa, a Faroese Telecom subsidiary, received a call from one of his technicians … Tweets: @athomson6 , @oliviasolon , and @oliviasolon Tweets: Amy Thomson / @athomson6 : “It's not as James Bond as you think. You don't need to use specialized equipment,” he says. “All you need is a vessel, and you just drag an anchor, and the cable is gone.” by @oliviasolon and @mhbergen https://www.bloomberg.com/... Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : After Nord Stream, western governments freaked out about the prospect of sabotage to undersea internet cables. But cable operators say that it's actually fishing equipment & anchors to blame for cable damage most of the time. My latest for @BW https://www.bloomberg.com/... Olivia Solon / @oliviasolon : Fishing crews, however, say their fishing grounds and livelihoods are being squeezed by subsea cable operators and offshore wind companies installing so many more cables they have to navigate around. https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...