A deep-sea 'emergency service' keeps the internet running
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241014-the-deep-sea-emergency-service-that-keeps-the-internet-runningThe Verge also did a big set of stories about this last April, it was an excellent read.
The Piece: https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea...
The Podcast episode: https://www.theverge.com/24131941/undersea-cables-pc-chips-q...
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After reading this, I don’t know if I can rightly describe myself as being in infrastructure engineering.
If you find this at all interesting, you must read Mother Earth, Mother Board by Neal Stephenson - https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/. It's long but so, so good, both in the content and the writing.
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I saw an episode of "Mighty Ships" just this weekend, which followed such a ship around as they were working on splicing one of these cables.
Very cool stuff.
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