Scary Job of Repairing Million $ Cables Underwater
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
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Big salute for the Engineers and technicians involved . Thank you
Thx for your support
@@thethirtythree482 what do you do?
Patanjli gow motar bhakt
@@faizanakbar8110 Oh my god! seriously? Hatred is running through your veins, bud.
I'm a fiber technician with about 25 years experience and 6 months ago I had the privilege of working on some submarine fiber optic cables a link from Japan to Hawaii and Hawaii and the mainland USA and it was the best fiber experience I have ever got to see
Bro I want to ask something about fiber cable.
1. Like at a particular time only one signal can be passed through one fiber cable or more than one signal can be transferred.
2. How the route of these signals are decided , like where to go it can go anywhere like India, USA, Australia etc.
Thanks in advance if you Reply ☺️.
@@tallentedhai4238 to answer ur question
1. yes
2. yes
@@DavidZaG- Brother can you please explain these further more.
Dats dope 💯
How much your salary pal?
You not only have to be a good engineer, you have to be a good diver.
Obviously
Anybody can dive you get paid to do the job Welding explosives 100 of thousands dive
My friend was not a great swimmer
In the ocean 500 ft below the water surface with scuba diving gear on while repairing underwater cables.All and much respect.
Thank you to all of you people for what you do your brave and are truly AMAZING! All of you technicians and engineers are truly appreciated and respected.
My mind is blown. The logistics of the internet, amazon, energy, and airports are insane, and it's crazy how many smart humans there are! Those are just a few that blow my mind!!!
Well done, I appreciate every detail you guys shared in a very informative way.
Nobody would ever trend them on social media... Sad reality . People only idolise atheletes , celebrities and influencer , but not one who gave birth and help build technologies that we use at ease
日本だと破断部を船上に上げて技術者が繋ぐのに外国は海の中でするんだな
Engineering AND scuba diving? Sounds like my dream job! 😍
Unsung hero's deep sea Divers
thanks for keeping the internet working and other maintenance good job
a Scottish deep sea diver said he seen some big old weird monster 1-3miles down and its fookin cold .
Question: Since those cables look prone to be subject of sabotage by terrorists or similar, they should hypothetically often be fought over due to their magnitude regarding globalization. Why isn't that the case?
Some day they will be. Some countries have cable cutting ability with the military.
It would cause them to lose internet/communications too. No one is willing to give up the internet. Look at how people act when the internet in their house goes down for a few minutes…
LOL just think a little, any country that has the technology to dive down that deep, and mess witht he cables... uses those cables... its one of those things that everyone uses, so its in no ones best interest to mess with them. If youre talking about the taliban, or ISIS, im sure they will hop on their kayak, and dive in, and swim down hundreds of feet with wire cutters hahahaha
@@Jamezy316 These cables aren't a hundred metres below surface. They usually are just around max. 3 metres below seabed which yes, can be that deep, but its not necessary to dig. Fisherboats manage to damage them all the time with their anchors. And when entering shores you could even search for them there by diving. Not far from them there usually is a sort of transferstation which could give you a hint.
But I also learned when such cable is damaged there always is backup to evade to.
Hypothetically you could also spy on the cable maintenance vessels in order to get position of the cable. Then just wait for them to leave and shrub across the seabed and hope your best I guess.
If your only intent is to be as malicious as possible, wouldn't it be a small price to pay to have no stable internet connection urself, when you can make a whole nation suffer?
Redundancy is also a big factor to consider, while you could isolate some countires, disrupting all connections would be hard as internet is built for traffic to rebalance to other routes when most efficient ones are not available. Instead of going from NY to London you may go from NY to SF to Tokyo to mainland China and then continental Asia / Europe to London. Great maps of all submarine cable are available on Telegeography ;)
Detailed information, thanks
As a network engineer respect for all engineers
Thankyou as a software engineer.
Very well done!
This is the sort of technology we don't hear much about. We always hear about machine learning, or legged robots, or smartphones, or camera drones, or the Mars rover. We forget there's more to technology than the popular stuff we see on Facebook or Instagram.
It’s like when you were younger and connected two cups and a wire to talk to your sibling, only on a much larger scale.
Wow, your videos are so edifying ; I learnt a lot. Thanks for sharing
When people talk about equity and equal pay, they should look at jobs like these. Flipping burgers and undersea cable repair are not 'equal' jobs!
Informasi terbaik dan berguna.. Salam ukhwah .. Malaysia hadir 🙋♂️🇲🇾
How did I end up getting an energy lesson when I clicked to see how repairing cables are dangerous
What about the sea cables connecting Svalbard to Norway being disrupted or intentionally damaged?
Amazing video thanks for sharing.
Thank you dear💕👍
Love your videos💯
Excellent footage..
Looks like a fun job
How do they keep the pressurized water out of that vacuum chamber while putting their hands through?
The gloves are sealed to the chamber..
Thanks for your sharing
This repair process is also very expensive as well as maintainance process.
Now, I've been in some nasty spots doing some precise, hard to reach work. Not quite like that though. Manipulating your tools with those gloves, the confined space to work in with your hands, lowered visibility and movement cuz underwater and loaded with gear.
Still, if I'm ever bored of industrial work, I'll apply ;)
One giant upside though: if you've got a power cable breach at least you can be a little more sure the cable's been shorted and is therefore safe
Cut can you repair underwater gas pipelines?
I will not complain about my AT&T bills again.
Underrated comment
Nice job
항상 궁금햇는데 이걸 영어로 듣게 되다니 흠 그림으로 이해됨
From a military standpoint, the locations of these cables should be kept secret.
great info video's
This is so cool.
Love this
It be fun to find these and keep cutting them in half
Humanity's achievement so tremendous not many remember it or even know it exists
How do they not get shocked while repairing underneath water 😮
It's isolated
🤔
Beautiful video, can I use a portion of your visual for my video "dragging anchor" I will give you all the credits. Many thanks I advance.
Sure
@@chrishunt1941 thank you
You have my permission
For a video about repairing cables, I see you spent some time talking about wind power and solar power because why?
I would be scared of electrocution! Saltwater is a serious electrical conductor! What happens when a connection goes down? Does it get spread out over other routes using a massive router/switch?
This is fiber optic, they conduct light, no electricity
@@RobertoVuelathere are specific area who have electricity for booster right?
👍❤️👍
Solar power on floating on sea barges is more efficient ???
with this i only learnt that human beings have exploited the Earth as much as they can😂🤣
Good 👍
How could they repair optical cabling? Once the a link is broken isn’t it already beyond repair because its just glass?
What happens in case it catches fire under water?
Thats lot of hard work
👏🙏🙏🙏
i want to be part of this wok someday
That looks a bit tricky
Feel proud as an EEE student
hydro electric is also one of the most dangerous which is why we shouldnt use it
thanks to you guys I can have low ping in cs!
How do you know what point on the cable is the damage?
You'll have instruments that send a signal down from the light end and it will tell you how far the distance is where it's damaged. Not a good explanation but a little clue.
How do they know the location of the damage?
They probably find out what cable it is, and used an underwater drone, or maybe they have some equipment for that? Im not sure.
The location of the damage can be found using a tool called OTDR I study these things
They use Google maps.
@@saidalis3615 did you complete your degree?
please explain the underlying physical principle of fault detection.
Now I know when my internet goes out, its some shark fucking with me
Amazing
cool AF
De todos estos trabajos necesarios olvidense .
En redes eléctricas , internet , teléfono ......gas agua olvidense olvidense ni trabajador ni materiales
undersea cable a rather dangerous and complicated job 🤫🤫🤫🤫
Very dangerous
Why is half the video about wind turbines?
How much these drivers are paid.
A friend of mine was a dive welder, which is a similar job and he could get paid over 100 000usd for 6 months of work. It varies with risk and technical skill but it's a lot of money.
@@SpencerHHO ok, thankyou. Is there any reputed worshop that train for this work cannu ask ur friend about it
That was repairing of undewater copper / power cable.
I doubt they can splice optic fibers that way
Dude, it looks so expensive
i have 13 year experience optical fiber suplicing nd networking
nice
Woh what a marvellous video beautifully explained and filmed in a very informative way
now i know why my internet down so long
Astronauta conserta o sinal do Wifi
As cai por terra
A LOROTA dos satélites
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❤🇵🇭
Now i know how my html and css respond very fast. Cable repairers are HEROES of INTERNET not pewdiepie, mrbiest etc.
Dern sharks messing with my internets.
A EUROPA SE AFUNDANDO COM SUAS ENERGIAS LIMPAS, ENQUANTO ISSO, PUTIN QUEIMANDO GAZ, OBRIGADO 🤣🤣🤣
Any ppt about this ?😐
That's a expensive repair job.
Will satellite internet make these cables redundant?
No
if you still need cable so satelitte is a joke?
Not really... Different mission profiles... Let's say you are in some remote area where there is no phone lines, cable TV lines, cell phone towers. or even line of sight microwave capabilities... For example, a ship that is out at sea... You can still get internet via an internet satellite service provider... You send and receive to the satellite which communicates with it's ground based system, which uses wired connections for the rest of the internet connection and your response goes back up to the satellite and then gets relayed down to you...
And then there is the fault tolerance / redundancy issue... You wouldn't want all internet connection to a country cut off if a single cable got damaged by a ship's anchor, right? Being able to fall back on a somewhat slower satellite connection would mean that it was just an inconvenience, not a major issue... Just like when you are setting up your house for internet... If you are *serious* about it, you'll wire your house with CAT5/CAT6 twisted pair wiring in addition to having a WAP (wireless access point) (which is usually combined with a router these days).
Super informative
I was once an employee of this job
I remember those days when rolling that giant long cable
It was not an easy job
What do you do now?
What was the pay? Very curious!
@@i3lackflo I'm now on vacation
@@i3lackflo I'm now on vacation
@@tonnewhite62 i mean what job do you do now? "was not an easy job" sounds like you aren't working in this field anymore
I’m a fiber optics splicer and wondering if anyone has any leads to getting employment doing this work. Thx.
I am glad to see projects like this taking place, enough fuel contamination and cancers out there.
This was just a power generation video in disguise.
7:53 This is Türkiye
😮😮😮😮😮👍🙏🏽
"Electricity power"
Gratuitous comment for CZcams interaction algorithm to keep this CZcamsr on my dashboard.
*sharks think it is a new chewy gum* 😑
the last 4 minutes have nothing to do with cable underwater.
Guess it’s not through satellites
Seems so outdated in 2022.
wtf are you talking about
China just cut Taiwan's two internet cables
White sharks would be an issue.
Why would they need to even bother with fiber optic cable with all those supposed satellites up in space. Smh! Can't get passed the dome
Satellite internet has a higher latency than fiber optic cable, which means there is a delay between sending and receiving data. This can make real-time applications like online gaming and video conferencing more difficult to use. Satellite internet has limited bandwidth, which means that data usage is typically capped and may slow down during peak hours. Fiber optic cable, on the other hand, can provide virtually unlimited bandwidth, allowing for consistent speeds even during high traffic times.
Just use satellites!!!!!!😂😂😂😂
Slow network 😂😂