Gary Smith

We've also developed a technology that overlays that, which provides for resilience. So if you get a cut on a particular cable, then we can reroute it, depending on the architecture. It's called GeoMesh, and it's software and technology that's embedded into our core offerings that enable us to provide resilience across some of those submarine cable links as well. Because you get...

You know, just in the normal run of things, I think it's something like 100 plus, you know, faults a year, you know, mainly trawlers, you know, dragging their anchors on fiber cables. Because they're buried at the bottom of the sea until they're not, right? So, I mean, they've got to come up somewhere. So, you know, typically it's in the…

You know, just in the normal run of things, I think it's something like 100 plus, you know, faults a year, you know, mainly trawlers, you know, dragging their anchors on fiber cables. Because they're buried at the bottom of the sea until they're not, right? So, I mean, they've got to come up somewhere. So, you know, typically it's in the…

You know, just in the normal run of things, I think it's something like 100 plus, you know, faults a year, you know, mainly trawlers, you know, dragging their anchors on fiber cables. Because they're buried at the bottom of the sea until they're not, right? So, I mean, they've got to come up somewhere. So, you know, typically it's in the…

shallower waters where, you know, you'll get some fishing vessel come across it.

shallower waters where, you know, you'll get some fishing vessel come across it.

shallower waters where, you know, you'll get some fishing vessel come across it.

Actually, you know, I know that's, that's a sort of common sort of question I get asked around it. I, I, you know, and there is a section around fish attacks and the rest of it. I think it's zero. I think it's just a bit of a, you know, I'm sure there are some examples of it that someone can point to over the last three decades. But I mean, I've never heard of it personally.

Actually, you know, I know that's, that's a sort of common sort of question I get asked around it. I, I, you know, and there is a section around fish attacks and the rest of it. I think it's zero. I think it's just a bit of a, you know, I'm sure there are some examples of it that someone can point to over the last three decades. But I mean, I've never heard of it personally.

Actually, you know, I know that's, that's a sort of common sort of question I get asked around it. I, I, you know, and there is a section around fish attacks and the rest of it. I think it's zero. I think it's just a bit of a, you know, I'm sure there are some examples of it that someone can point to over the last three decades. But I mean, I've never heard of it personally.

You know, a shark attack actually being, I think they've got other things to worry about than these little tiny, because it's about the... About the size of a big hose pipe. So I don't think it would be particularly interesting to them.

You know, a shark attack actually being, I think they've got other things to worry about than these little tiny, because it's about the... About the size of a big hose pipe. So I don't think it would be particularly interesting to them.

You know, a shark attack actually being, I think they've got other things to worry about than these little tiny, because it's about the... About the size of a big hose pipe. So I don't think it would be particularly interesting to them.

I totally understand the notion. And I think, you know, what you've got is a disproportionate amount, whether you want to, you know, sort of. English understatement, so understand for its context. A disproportionate amount of the innovation and development of all of this has been done in the US. I mean, almost all these technology companies, for sure.

I totally understand the notion. And I think, you know, what you've got is a disproportionate amount, whether you want to, you know, sort of. English understatement, so understand for its context. A disproportionate amount of the innovation and development of all of this has been done in the US. I mean, almost all these technology companies, for sure.

I totally understand the notion. And I think, you know, what you've got is a disproportionate amount, whether you want to, you know, sort of. English understatement, so understand for its context. A disproportionate amount of the innovation and development of all of this has been done in the US. I mean, almost all these technology companies, for sure.

And now you've got a point where now a lot of the network is, to your point, the big cloud players are investing in that network because that's their business model. And the network is becoming more and more important. Now, you know, to your point, when we talk about the network, it's not really, you know, we talk about it in this homogeneous sort of form.

And now you've got a point where now a lot of the network is, to your point, the big cloud players are investing in that network because that's their business model. And the network is becoming more and more important. Now, you know, to your point, when we talk about the network, it's not really, you know, we talk about it in this homogeneous sort of form.

And now you've got a point where now a lot of the network is, to your point, the big cloud players are investing in that network because that's their business model. And the network is becoming more and more important. Now, you know, to your point, when we talk about the network, it's not really, you know, we talk about it in this homogeneous sort of form.

But if you think about this and you think about it in the context of sort of some large markets that the US cloud players are trying to get into, you know, take places like India. Now, you know, when they enter the Indian market, they are dependent on connectivity from the local carriers. So, yep, they can tip up, you know, with the submarine cables and the landing stations and the rest of it.