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Fiber optic cables cut off coast of Alaska (adn.com)
8 points by david927 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



For those speculating as to cause:

While the company was still confirming the cause of the breakage on Monday, heavy ice movement most likely cut the fiber cable, McHale said. The breakage is significant, given the fact that the cable is buried beneath the ocean floor, below 90 feet of water, McHale said.




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