Mastodawn

$24M undersea fibre-optic cable being built to bring better internet to Haida Gwaii
The community-owned project is aimed at improving emergency services, education and small business, local leaders say, with the internet provider suggesting it could be the first stage in improving service all along the North and Central Coasts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/haida-gwaii-better-internet-9.7128519?cmp=rss

Global News World Mar 13

U.K., Ireland to test readiness for incidents involving undersea cables
Citing "a more contested environment", British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin said the exercises would begin in September.
#World #underseacables
https://globalnews.ca/news/11730129/u-k-ireland-to-test-readiness-for-incidents-involving-undersea-cables/

Global News Mar 13

13 Feb 25

TAT-8 — The First Transatlantic Fiber — Rises Again https://hackaday.com/2026/02/24/tat-8-the-first-transatlantic-fiber-rises-again/
#Internethacks #News #Fiberoptics #Transatlanticcable #Undersea

TAT-8 — The First Transatlantic Fiber — Rises Again

While you may have never heard of TAT-8, there is a good chance you sent some data through it. TAT-8 was the 8th transatlantic communications cable and the first transatlantic fiber-optic cable, ca…

Hackaday

Hackaday Feb 25

TAT-8 — The First Transatlantic Fiber — Rises Again

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/24/tat-8-the-first-transatlantic-fiber-rises-again/

WIST Quotations Feb 11

A quotation from Robert Banks Stewart

HUCKLE: As far as we know, the sea was calm and empty.
THE DOCTOR: It may be calm, but it’s never empty.

Robert Banks Stewart (1931-2016) Scottish screenwriter, television producer, journalist
Doctor Who (1963), 13×01 “Terror of the Zygons,” Part 1 (1975-08-30)

More about this quote: wist.info/stewart-robert-banks…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #doctorwho #fourthdoctor #zygons #terrorofthezygons #calmness #doctorwho #emptiness #ocean #perspective #presence #sea #surface #undersea

Stewart, Robert Banks - Doctor Who (1963), 13x01 "Terror of the Zygons," Part 1 (1975-08-30) | WIST Quotations

HUCKLE: As far as we know, the sea was calm and empty. THE DOCTOR: It may be calm, but it's never empty. (Source (Video); dialog confirmed)

WIST Quotations

Matt Bailey Jan 6

Kipling apparently wrote a poem about #undersea #telegraph cables. He's the worst, but this is pretty good and super weird!

https://www.poetryverse.com/rudyard-kipling-poems/deepsea-cables

The Deep Sea Cables - poem by Rudyard Kipling | PoetryVerse

Read Rudyard Kipling's The Deep-sea Cables, a classic poem about the mysteries of deep-sea communication.

N-gated Hacker News Jan 1

🚢💥 Oh no, Finland's on a ship-collecting spree after an #undersea #cable gets a boo-boo! Meanwhile, #CNN is more interested in whether their ad was relevant enough to distract you from the real #news. 📺🙄
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/europe/finland-estonia-undersea-cable-ship-detained-intl #Finland #Ship #Collection #Distraction #HackerNews #ngated

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 21

#Undersea cable investments double to $13 billion in 2yr — ever-growing danger of cable cuts looms
Amount is double 2022-2024 spend, and much as you'd expect, it's driven primarily by #bigtech (Meta Amazon Microsoft Google). The report claims that existing cables already cover roughly 1M mi, and that number is getting larger every year. Paul Gabla from #Alcatel, the world's largest #underseacable maker and installer, remarks Big Tech companies made up about 50% of market
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/undersea-comms-cable-investments-double-to-usd13-billion-in-over-two-years-ever-growing-danger-of-cable-cuts-looms

Undersea comms cable investments double to $13 billion in over two years — ever-growing danger of cable cuts looms

Weaving an undersea world-wide web for the World Wide Web.

Tom's Hardware

News Beep Dec 18

Ukraine’s first underwater drone strike caught on hacked cameras

MONTREAL — The Security Service of Ukraine has claimed the first strike of a Russian submarine using an…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #circulated-c4isrnet #circulated-defense-news #circulated-military-times #defense-news #dn-dnr #Drone #Russia #SeaBaby #sub-sea #Submarine #Ukraine #undersea-drone #underwater #USV #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/317377/