- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
Summary
NATO has been warned of potential global internet blackouts amid a surge in suspected Russian sabotage of subsea fibre optic cables.
Telecom giants like Vodafone, Telefonica, and Orange urged UK, EU, and NATO officials to classify the undersea cable network as critical infrastructure.
Since October 2023, at least 11 cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea, with over 50 Russian vessels spotted nearby. The UK is monitoring the Russian spy ship Yantar.
Officials also raised concerns about Chinese activity near Taiwan and called for increased surveillance and international cooperation.
How would Fediverse instances deal with a net split? I assume local content would continue as normal, but federated posts would queue up until a route became available?
Could a server admin run a low bandwidth satellite link (for example) to reach a federated server, and thus the federated content would be amplified back to local reachable instance?
Interesting idea to run a low-bandwidth link. It would keep us connected, but posts from disconnected instances would arrive late, depending on how much the traffic (posts between disconnected instances) exceeds available bandwidth.
It’s interesting to explore this more. We could, for example, prioritize specific types of posts, users, or instances to make those faster.