[AusNOG] SMW3 Restoration

[Joshua D'Alton]

Uhm yea they aren't just bits of glass, they are about a foot thick and
around 70% by volume metal, you'd definitely make something from 16 tons :D

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Damian Guppy <the.damo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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