Ngomhla wama-24 kweyeDwarha, iwebhusayithi yephephandaba laseSpain i-Abéxé yapapasha inqaku elinesihloko esithi “The Shadow of Destruction Hides the Underwater Digital Highway” elibhalwe ngu-Alexia Colomba Jerez. Umbhalo opheleleyo uthathwe ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
Owayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhuselo waseFransi uFlorence Parly wakha wathi, “Iintambo zethu zasemanzini zingajoliswa kumazwe azama ukuzitshabalalisa.” Iziseko ze-intanethi ziphantsi kwezoyikiso ezingangqalanga nezingabonakaliyo. Imfazwe ebandayo yasemanzini iyaqhubeka ngenxa yeentambo ze-fiber optic eziphantsi kolwandle, eziphenjelelwa ziinkampani kunye namazwe abumba ibali elitsha lezopolitiko.
“Ziziseko ezibalulekileyo kuba i-intanethi yoluntu esetyenziswa ngumntu wonke, ukusebenza kweemarike zemali, kwanezinye izakhono zomkhosi zixhomekeke kwezi nethiwekhi zentambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphantsi kwamanzi,” ucacise watsho uNobhala Jikelele we-NATO uJens Stoltenberg. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwakutshanje kombhobho wegesi yendalo iNord Stream kubonakala ngathi sisenzo esinamandla somfuziselo, esityhila ubuthathaka beNtshona, kwaye iintambo zenqanawa ezingaphantsi kwamanzi ezingama-475 ezikhoyo zezona “zithende zika-Achilles” zingakhathalelwanga.
UHéctor Esteban, umphathi weSikolo soBunjineli boNxibelelwano kwiYunivesithi yasePolytechnic yaseValencia, eSpain, ukhankanye ukuba iintambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphantsi komhlaba ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-topology ebonakalayo ye-intanethi yonke, kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-95% yokudluliselwa kwedatha kwi-intanethi kwenziwa ngeentambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphantsi komhlaba. Ukusebenzisa iisathelayithi ukudluliselwa kwedatha kubiza kakhulu kwaye kunexesha elibi kakhulu lesignali.
Kwinyanga ngaphambi kokuba kuqhambuke ingxabano e-Ukraine, intambo ye-fiber optic engaphantsi kwamanzi edibanisa iNorway ne-Arctic yanqunyulwa ngaphandle kwesizathu esicacileyo eSvalbard.
Le ngqokelela yeziqithi yenye yeendlela zokuphuhlisa imithombo yeoyile negesi yeArctic. NgoFebruwari, inqanawa yaselwandle yaseRashiya yabonwa emanzini akunxweme lwaseIreland njengoko yayidlula phezu kwentambo engaphantsi kolwandle enqumla iAtlantic edibanisa iYurophu ne-United States. Umkhosi wase-Ireland uthe injongo yenqanawa yayingekokunqumla iintambo ezingaphantsi kolwandle, kodwa kukuthumela umyalezo kwi-NATO wokuba zinokunqunyulwa nangaliphi na ixesha. UMark Galeotti, ingcali yaseRashiya kwi-University College eLondon, uthe ngenxa yobuninzi beenkampani zobuchwepheshe, i-Ireland yindawo ephambili kwaye ke ngoko inokuba yindawo yokulwa kwixesha elizayo.
UJosé Antonio Morán, intloko yeSebe lezoBugcisa boNxibelelwano kunye noBunjineli beeNkonzo kwiYunivesithi evulekileyo yaseCatalonia eSpain, ukhankanye ukuba elinye lamaqhinga okuqala ekuqaleni kwemfazwe yayikuku "fihla" utshaba. Ukuchukumisa nje intambo enye ye-fiber optic engaphantsi komhlaba kuya kukhubaza inani elikhulu leenkampani kwaye kubangele ilahleko enkulu kwezoqoqosho.
UPierre Morcos kunye noColin Wall, abafundi kwiZiko leZifundo zoBuchule kunye neZizwe ngezizwe, bathi ukusika iintambo ze-fiber optic ezingaphantsi komhlaba kunokufezekisa iinjongo ezininzi: ukuphazamisa unxibelelwano lomkhosi okanye lukarhulumente kwizigaba zokuqala zengxabano; ukuvala ukufikelela kwi-intanethi kubantu ekujoliswe kubo; ukubangela ukuphazamiseka kwezoqoqosho ngeenjongo zezopolitiko; njalo njalo. Ukusika iintambo ezingaphantsi komhlaba kunokufezekisa zonke ezi njongo ngaxeshanye.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Novemba-04-2022
