Re: A transAtlantic cable was severed.

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>]

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, David Lesher wrote:

> There's an obvious problem. How could they locate both ends,
> lift same, splice, and seal the cable in 24 hours?

I don't think they did. I think they just were able to move the data onto
other routes in 24 hours. If they did splice the cable in 24 hours, I
would like to see the video of that one. :-)

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