ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat would happen if all undersea cables got severed worldwide simultaneously?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen if all undersea cables got severed worldwide simultaneously?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agoWell I guess they would just have to wait to get that word in since their undersea cables were cut. Seriously though, good point, it would absolutely fuck over island nations.
minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoAlso Europe… A significant amount of Europe’s content is hosted in UK & Ireland (AWS EU-West) and Sweden (AWS EU-North) which would mean the two remaining major datacentres (Germany and Italy) would struggle
Japan and Australia would like a word.
Well I guess they would just have to wait to get that word in since their undersea cables were cut.
Seriously though, good point, it would absolutely fuck over island nations.
Also Europe… A significant amount of Europe’s content is hosted in UK & Ireland (AWS EU-West) and Sweden (AWS EU-North) which would mean the two remaining major datacentres (Germany and Italy) would struggle