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TeleGeography: Subsea Cable Faults Common, and Most Are Accidental

While there's a tendency in the media to see any subsea cable fault as the result of an attack, faults are common and long have been so, said Tim Stronge, vice president-research at telecommunications market research firm TeleGeography. Between 2010…

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and 2023, there were four a week on average; most were accidents caused by fishing and transport vessels, Stronge wrote Monday. Most never get publicly disclosed, he said.