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Emile Aben: How the Internet Routed Around Damage in the Baltic Sea

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Alun Davies

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When two Internet cables in the Baltic Sea were reported as broken last November, we turned to RIPE Atlas to examine the damage. In this episode, Emile Aben discusses what his analysis uncovered about the impact of these and similar incidents, and how the Internet remained resilient.

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