[AusNOG] SMW3 Restoration

[Damian Guppy]

Maybe they think that they are copper cables or something? There is a fair
amount of metal in them (usually stranded steel) for structual integrity so
they might (must?) be doing it for the scrap value.

--Damian


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Mark Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> Is there a (black)market for 2nd hand submarine cable, or is there
> something it is made with that is valuable enough to make it worth stealing
> (copper perhaps?). It isn't going to be the cleanest thing to buy and
> either redeploy or pull apart.
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com>
> > To: Gaurab Raj Upadhaya <gaurab at lahai.com>
> > Cc: "ausnog at ausnog.net" <ausnog at ausnog.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2013 5:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] SMW3 Restoration
> >
> > Exactly what I heard.  One cable and restoration via terrestrial/festoon
> was
> > crazy :)
> >
> > B
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 10/04/2013, at 5:11 PM, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya <gaurab at lahai.com> wrote:
> >
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> >>  On 4/10/13 7:51 AM, Bevan Slattery wrote:
> >>>  And that was sent to me by another cable owner who was affected.
> >>>  3 cables were apparently affected in this alleged and as yet
> >>>  unconfirmed act of sabotage.
> >>
> >>  from a cable owner, this sabotage effected all but one cable between
> >>  SG-ID, and happened in a span of 3 weeks or so. SMW3 on the SG-ID
> >>  segment was affected in addition to the fault already on the ID-AU
> >>  segment. Restoration firefight, he said was massive.
> >>
> >>  - -gaurab
> >>
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