ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 17 hours agoWhat would happen if all undersea cables got severed worldwide simultaneously?message-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if all undersea cables got severed worldwide simultaneously?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to No Stupid QuestionsEnglish • 17 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish8•17 hours agoSatellite internet may be slow, but there’s a good chance a lot of traffic could get routed through it. It would really only separate the Americas from Europe/Africa/Asia
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-217 hours agoWell I guess they would just have to wait to get that word in since their undersea cables were cut. Seriously though, good point, it would absolutely fuck over island nations.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•15 hours agoAlso Europe… A significant amount of Europe’s content is hosted in UK & Ireland (AWS EU-West) and Sweden (AWS EU-North) which would mean the two remaining major datacentres (Germany and Italy) would struggle
Satellite internet may be slow, but there’s a good chance a lot of traffic could get routed through it.
It would really only separate the Americas from Europe/Africa/Asia
Japan and Australia would like a word.
Well I guess they would just have to wait to get that word in since their undersea cables were cut.
Seriously though, good point, it would absolutely fuck over island nations.
Also Europe… A significant amount of Europe’s content is hosted in UK & Ireland (AWS EU-West) and Sweden (AWS EU-North) which would mean the two remaining major datacentres (Germany and Italy) would struggle