Ask HN: How do disruptions to submarine Internet cables affect the internet?

I&#x27;ve been reading recently about major disruptions to the submarine internet cables, mostly affecting parts of Asia [0] [1]. Have some of you working at large companies seen the impacts of this on your engagement numbers? There&#x27;s lots [2] about how such disruptions affect speed, but no so much about how it might affect things we rely on the internet for. I&#x27;m hoping to write this up for a class essay or as a short paper, so any inputs would be helping an academic cause!<p>[0] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2013&#x2F;mar&#x2F;28&#x2F;damaged-undersea-cable-internet-disruption [1] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;2008_submarine_cable_disruption [2] http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.renesys.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;03&#x2F;beware-the-ides-of-march&#x2F;