Net Trouble in Australia

[GhostShip]

Not good news fior those in the land down under 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/07/cable_cut_lops_terabits_off_australias_net_connectivity/

Another of the submarine cables connecting Australia to the world, for data, has broken.

PPC-1, which stretches from Sydney to Guam and has 1.92 terabits per second capacity, is out of service until at least March 7.
TPG's announcement says the fault is around 4,590 km from the cable's Guam landing, which means it's around 3,000 metres below the surface.

The fault notice says engineers first logged a report that “alarms indicated that a submarine line card had lost its payload”, and the company is trying to establish when a repair ship can be dispatched to the location.

[White Stripes]

http://submarinecablemap.com/#/submarine-cable/pipe-pacific-cable-1-ppc-1

there seems to be a disturbing lack of cable connections to the land down under in the first place... why is oz internet so broken?

[silicon_toad2000]

<insert rant here>

[White Stripes]

are amateur radio operators a common thing in australia?

[silicon_toad2000]

no, but the real reason marsupials have pouches is to carry communications