ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoWhat would happen if all undersea cables got severed worldwide simultaneously?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11
arrow-up147arrow-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 · 18 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·17 hours agoJapan and Australia would like a word.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-217 hours 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-up2·15 hours 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