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Re:75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Arme... by msravi on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:26AM (#22966501)
Genuinely curious - how did you know that it was a trans-national submarine cable? I mean, I would probably have dismissed it as a local fiber optic cable or something...
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Re:75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Arme... by iso1210 on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:48AM (#22966622)
He was on the beach, highly likely that the cable would be going into the sea
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Re:75-year-old woman with shovel accidentally took down Arme... by LaurentS on Saturday April 25, 2020 @07:47AM (#22977400)
The cable was tagged with its name, it was very easy to read, probably brand new
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