Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Until some idiot tries to steal copper wire and cuts thousands of
fibers, looking for drug or beer money.

Or even worse, cuts the fiber cables under the sea because they happen
to drop anchor in a forbidden zone. It has happened twice in 2008 to
an Arab owned consortium with cables to Egypt from Europe.

Since here in Israel we are not welcomed by the consortium, we had our own
cables routed elsewhere. :-)

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM