Iceland starts planning for new undersea internet cable to Europe

guest · Jan 30, 2019

Iceland starts planning for new undersea internet cable to Europe
Route to Ireland via UK will be surveyed, says local ministry
January 30, 2019
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/30/iceland_new_undersea_cable_plans/

The North Atlantic island state wants to build a fourth cable to either the UK or Ireland, according to the country's Ministry of Transport and Local Government.

Iceland's authorities have tasked a survey ship from the state-owned Farice cable company with surveying the proposed route from the fishing town of Grindavik on Iceland's southern peninsula to the Irish hamlet of Killala, prior to any cables being laid.

Local TV station RUV reported: "Both for data security and to ensure Iceland's ability to receive and send large amounts of internet traffic, it is considered important to establish a third physical point of contact with mainland Europe."
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