"So what's going on down there?"
The NSA is having trouble installing their tap.
Or, is the Australian Goverment's Internet Filter (tm) installation is proceeding like their NBN install?
Or... where's my tin foil cap, oh , here it is.
Rumbles are again reaching The Reg's ears about the state of the SeaMeWe-3 submarine cable. The cable's been a mess in recent times, going down in December 2014 and then again in September 2015. A repair job in October was thought to have sorted things out, but chatter among network operators suggest the cable's operators are …
Azathoth's Nebular Nodes, that's a creepy picture! Put me right off me bacon flavored algae sandwich with HP brown sauce substitute.
This cable nonsense does not explain the long latency my AT&T portable hotspot provides when trying to get a glimpse of today's Schlock Mercenary episode though. Questions Must Be Asked.
I saw it on TV, a show about a Might (Cable Laying) Ship with a flat bottom that can park on the bottom at low tide.
They had a underwater sand blower machine to re-bury the cable where required.
But deep down (1km+), they don't bother.