Lessons From the Zeus Cable Build: WWII Bombs & Sand Waves
This article illustrates the challenges in laying fibre optic subsea cables. Zayo found 3 unexploded bombs in British territorial waters and one on the Dutch side during its Zeus cable build across the English Channel. I guess the Netherlands is doing better than Brexit UK because the Dutch navy removed the bomb while Zayo was required to hire private third parties to remove the other 3. 😀 There were also over 350 potential archeological sites that had to be examined prior to the cable run. Zayo viewed building Zeus as a necessity given the advanced age of the North Circe cable (22 years now) and the fact it was tapped out. This has been my point as well. These English Channel cables are approach life's end either due to optical loss accumulating from many repairs or simple technological obsolescence. However, the article's writer goes a little overboard in claiming that a ship anchor would bounce off Zeus' double armored cable. I am highly confident it would go right thr