I´m a sailor...
I am surprised there is not a matrix between obligation of travel, risk and essential services.
- Before I worked in dredging. This can wait, back of the waiting room.
- Now I repair undersea internet cables - the kind that carries the internet and by extension essential services... 1st in lime methinks.
As an example, since the start of COVID, one specific cable between the UK/Ireland has had an anchor dropped on it 3 times.
(It is clearly on maps, and the damaged part is in a "No go, so sailing, no anchor" clearly marked on all maps.)
This cable down, then it is 1/4th of the internet capacity down in the south of the UK.
Luckily, other cables have a bit of spare capacity, so it gets spread out.
Nonetheless, if two such cables got anchored at the same time, then forget having Youtube, Netflix, Zoom or similar streaming stuff.
All the bandwidth will be taken by the NHS, Police, Hospitals etc.
(, Sun 7 Feb 2021, 10:07, Reply)
