Maintenance in progress

two undersea fibre-optic cables in the baltic, one linking finland and germany, were severed, and finnish authorities seized a cargo vessel that had sailed from russia on suspicion the crew cut them deliberately. in the same cycle a submarine-cable industry executive said publicly that states sitting on chokepoints — yemen was named — may begin imposing which providers can land or route cables. the physical layer of the internet is being handled as territory to be denied rather than shared plumbing.

northern european and italian maritime/industry press