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A long-awaited third crossing between Australia, New Zealand and the USA looks set to become a reality, with Kiwi cable Hawaiki announcing it's secured the funding needed to start construction. The 30 Tbps cable has been on the cards since it was first announced in 2012, and in 2013 it nominated TE Subcom for its build. …

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  1. Winkypop Silver badge
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    Laying cable across an ocean

    In some ways it seems archaic but at the same time, it's a huge feat of engineering.

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    1. rhydian
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      Re: Laying cable across an ocean

      Infrastructure is rarely headline news, until it breaks...

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    2. Trixr
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      Re: Laying cable across an ocean

      Still love this article in Wired in the mid-90s by Neal Stephenson, describing the FLAG submarine cable. (Leaving aside cute wee words like "meatspace").

      http://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Will it be built with NSA spying included?

    Or will that be added later, as it falls victim to the "accidental" cable cut like so many others?

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      Re: Will it be built with NSA spying included?

      Since it terminates at three of the 5-Eyes, I don't think that'll be a problem at all.

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    2. Fatman
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      Re: Will it be built with NSA spying included?

      No need, as the land terminating equipment will have all of the NSA's """goodness""" backdoored in.

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  3. John Brown (no body) Silver badge
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    Vanuatu?

    Hardly seems worth the expense. If the worst of the warmist predictions are to be believed Vanuatu will be underwater sometime soon.

    The waterproof one ----->

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