[kictanet] Fibre cuts & spying

[Nyagitari Bosire]

Like that. Maybe the question should be on whether the submarine cable used
meets the standard you have published? Again there can be a host of many
other things which can be easily explained by claiming "fiber cut"


*Nyagitari*

On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Over the weekend I happened to be glued in front of the idiot tube (say a
> lot about me) while surfing channels on my newly acquired StarTimes digital
> channels I came across a technology program that was covering the structure
> of a submarine cable.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Submarine_cable_cross-section_3D_plain.svg>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Submarine_cable_cross-section_3D_plain.svg>
> A cross section<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_section_%28geometry%29>of a modern submarine communications cable.
> 1 – Polyethylene <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene>
> 2 – Mylar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylar> tape
> 3 – Stranded steel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel> wires
> 4 – Aluminium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium> water barrier
> 5 – Polycarbonate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarbonate>
> 6 – Copper <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper> or aluminium tube
> 7 – Petroleum jelly <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_jelly>
> 8 – Optical fibers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_fiber>
>
> While watching the issue of the marine cable being cut ump tine times came
> back to me and I thought how exactly did such a re-enforced cable cut.
> Then today I see an article about spying on internet users after putting 2
> and 2 together my conspiracy mind took over and I wondered was there really
> a cut in the cables or was it a snooping implementation that went
> temporarily wrong and the only way our was a total rebuild.
>
> In all the times that the marine cables have been cut, note that all 3
> have been cut at some time, at no time have we been shown any photographic
> footage of the severed cable and neither have we seen the repair submarine
> being lowered into the sea as it proceeds to repair the cable.
>
> The only way an anchor can pull the cable to separation is if the cable is
> laid across the channel, but I believe that from the stories that we have
> been peddled it actually runs along the channel which means that the most
> that an anchor can do is move it off from the edge.
>
> I refuse to accept the argument that the anchor fell on the cable, 3
> different times, unless the cable is magnetized and therefore attracts the
> anchor.
>
> Conspiracy ?, fact ? - you decide.
>
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
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>
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