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Extra police are deployed on Shetland as phones and internet services are temporarily restored for 23,000 residents - but it could take a WEEK to repair underwater cables
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Phone and internet services on Shetland have been restored after blackout

  • A break in the line connecting Shetland to mainland Scotland was cut yesterday

  • A subsea cable connecting Shetland and Faroe Islands was damaged last week

  • The fix is 'temporary' with engineers working 'flat out' towards a full repair


Was it Putin after all? Russian 'research' ship sails close to Shetland after undersea cables were mysteriously cut - as engineers battle to restore internet and phone communications

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Akademik Boris Petrov travelled through the Shetland-Orkney Gap on 21 October

  • A blogger said the transit of ship was likely 'strategic messaging' to the UK

  • Comes amid increased sensitivity regarding underwater infrastructure

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-24
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=647581