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

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/ ——— For more insights, check out The Internet Report blog: https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/internet-report-subsea-cables?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=na_fy25q1_internetreport_q1fy25ep3_podcast ——— Want to get in touch? If you have questions, feedback, or guests you would like to see featured on the show, send us a note at InternetReport@thousandeyes.com. Or follow us on X: @thousandeyes ——— ABOUT THE INTERNET REPORT This is The Internet Report, a podcast uncovering what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Tune in to hear ThousandEyes’ Internet experts dig into some of the most interesting outage events from the past couple weeks, discussing what went awry—was it the Internet, or an application issue? Plus, learn about the latest trends in ISP outages, cloud network outages, collaboration network outages, and more. Catch all the episodes on YouTube or your favorite podcast platform: - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-report/id1506984526 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ADFvqAtgsbYwk4JiZFqHQ?si=00e9c4b53aff4d08&nd=1&dlsi=eab65c9ea39d4773 - SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ciscopodcastnetwork/sets/the-internet-report