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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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[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago

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

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Šventoji has had such incidents before. To me it does seem intentional, probably by Russia, but as of right now there's little info. FWIW, this has NOT disrupted the local internet significantly.

Here's a map of the area (the red squiggle is my idea of where the cable is):

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 days ago

FWIW, this has NOT disrupted the local internet significantly.

That's good to hear. I figured between Lithuania and Latvia there should be enough terrestrial routes for redundancies to work out fine.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days 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.