This outage Hetzner is reporting isn't a big deal due to robust backups, but these things can cripple a small island outpost.
Internet in Congo if you're not on the UN satellite
In all likelihood much less interesting, probably snagged in a fishing net or hit by an anchor.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/russia-black-s...
Break detected
Ship has been commissioned
Ship is at harbor
Ship has sailed out to the cut
Fusing the ends
Service restored
https://www.hetzner.com/presse-berichte/2016/01/156818
> Hetzner Online GmbH, the first major Central European provider of data center services to construct a new data center park in Finland, is also a user and co-investor in the Cinia CLion1 cable connection.
> There is currently an ongoing fibercut at our subsea cable. Our cable provider is working on fixing this. There is currently no ETA. (Last update: 2022-05-23 14:09 UTC+0)
Worst case everything just gets a bit slower (right?), depending on how much traffic went through that cable.
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/14/google-un...
These used to be big, expensive, standalone devices (I'd occasionally use one in a previous job). Nowadays, there are portable, handheld units specifically for identifying where a break has occurred and the same, basic functionality is often even built into the gear used at either end of connections (e.g., even the "enterprise" switches -- from Brocade and Cisco -- that I use at home).
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