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Undersea cable between Lithuania and Latvia damaged near Liepāja (www.lrt.lt)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/worldnews@sh.itjust.works
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52194106

It seems another fiber optic subsea cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea, this is not the same incident as the one in the Gulf of Finland a few days ago.

I'm wondering if it's BCS-East or a different not publicly listed one. Can't find confirmation yet.

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[–] 14 points 10 months ago

Just convoy Russian ships when they cross the Baltic. Problem solved.

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    [–] 0 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Why do Lithuania and Latvia even have a data cable between them that runs through international waters?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago

    My best guess is that since BCS-East was finished 1995, and both countries only had telecom liberalisation in 2003, maybe there was a time where it was easier to build through the water, because it wouldn't encroach on the monopolists market on the land.

    Or it was a sort of easier starter project before the BCS-East-West Interlink was built until 1997 from Lithuania over to Gotland, while also allowing Alcatel to sell access from/to Gotland from/to both Lithuania and Latvia.

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