Last week we experienced major phone & internet problems. A submarine cable in the Persian Gulf has been cut by most likely an anchor.
It's kind of a funny feeling not being able to use the Internet as we are taking it just for granted. But it makes me think in what a very vulnerable position we are.
Every day we are relying more and more on the Internet for professional and personal business, all it takes are a couple of cable cuts and we are all down.
It would be very interesting to research deeper into this issue and to learn what safeguards and backup systems are in place to prevent a complete shut-down of the Internet. Let's see how much time I'll find to take this project on :-)
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