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		packet_nerd on May 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Huawei’s Ace in the Hole: Undersea Cables Looking at the cable map [1] makes me wonder, what do they do when cables are crisscrossed over and under each other? [1] https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

yyhhsj0521 on May 29, 2019 [–]

If a cable is picked up with another cable on it, the latter one just slides to the side?

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