slate.com — Powerful earthquakes near Taiwan shut off international phone and Internet service for the Far East just after Christmas. Five repair ships have been working on the damaged undersea cables since late last week. How do you repair a cable that's lying across the ocean floor? The Explainer explains all.
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empyreanJan 9, 2007
With a series of tubes of course.
digidJan 9, 2007
slashdot wants their joke back
polygoneJan 9, 2007
With undersea pliers?Actually nix that....get some squids to do it....they're smart like us right?
bokistaJan 9, 2007
"Very carefully."
rtournJan 10, 2007
I had imagined it to be thicker.
woknbluesJan 10, 2007
i thought the tech guys at my internet service provider were lying. sorry about that guys. looks like my blistering fast 256kbps is down to 143.... stupid ocean and its stupid earthquakes!
cisco2008Jan 18, 2007
The repeaters are powered from the cable landing station by the power feeding equipment. The submarine cables laid have a portion made of copper where DC power is fed.