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It depends. Generally the larger carriers and consumers of fibers have a network that is able to route around outages (fiber cuts like this are basically routine) just the same as on land. If they don't have enough, then they'll need to either reduce demand or rent some capacity from someone else.


> then they'll need to either reduce demand

Worst case everything just gets a bit slower (right?), depending on how much traffic went through that cable.




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