The Current Subsea Cable Ecosystem: Resiliency & What’s Next

The Internet Report

Let’s dive into the fascinating world of subsea cables. With special guest Murray Burling—Executive Director of Oceans and Environment at RPS—we’ll explore the current subsea cable ecosystem and chat about what the future might hold.

Tune in for insights on how important subsea cables are for today’s digital experiences, how decisions are made on where to place them, the consequences of cable cuts, and route diversity and Internet resilience.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
02:29 Current Subsea Cable Ecosystem
07:16 Subsea Cable Cuts
15:15 Route Diversity & Internet Resilience
18:51 What’s Next
22:05 Get in Touch

ABOUT MURRAY BURLING
Murray Burling is the Executive Director of Oceans and Environment at RPS. Murray has extensive experience as a consulting coastal engineer, oceanographer, and marine modeler, undertaking multifaceted studies in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, and the Middle East. He has managed the implementation of large web-based data and model applications and his team supports data acquisition and analysis for a wide range of industries developing and operating in the world’s oceans. These sectors include conventional and renewable energies, shipping, ports, and communications. He is also an expert in complex dataset analysis and visualization, and has authored and co-authored many technical reports and publications.

Connect with Murrary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-burling-a527839a/

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