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Canada Has 4 International Fibre Optic Cables That Physically Bypasses the US (media.piefed.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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NewFoundland:

  1. Greenland Connect: from Newfoundland to Greenland. Tusass A/S (Danish-owned) 2009.
  2. St. Pierre and Miquelon Cable: from Newfoundland to St. Pierre and Miquelon France. French Authority of St. Pierre and Miquelon (French-owned) 2018.

Nova Scotia:

  1. EXA Express: from Nova Scotia to UK. EXA Infrastructure (British-owned) 2015.

BC:

  1. Topaz: from BC to Japan. Google (American-owned) 2023.

I propose that the next projects should go straight to the Philippines, Taiwan, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Norway and Spain. We should not involve anymore american companies in our crucial infrastructure projects.

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Canada Has 4 Transcontinental Fibre Optic Cables That Physically Bypasses the US
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The vast majority of internet traffic originating from Canada doesn't actually go through these lines. Do a MTR/traceroute to anywhere and unless you're on specific commercial networks, all of your traffic will be going through a US Internet Exchange at some point because it's way cheaper for your local greedy telecom.

Here are their ASNs:

  • Greenland Connect: Tusass A/S (AS8818)
  • St. Pierre and Miquelon Cable: SPM Telecom (AS3695)
  • EXA Express: EXA Infrastructure (AS30740)
  • Topaz: Google (AS15169)

Two are terminal links to connect isolated regions, the other two are commercial links not used by home internet users.

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