physical-network
Indian Ocean Cable
Indian Ocean Route (Mumbai–Mombasa–Cape Town–Marseille)
Legendary · held by 387 collectors
SEACOM, EASSy, TEAMS, and AAE-1 cable systems. Africa's primary connection to global internet and financial settlement infrastructure. Passes through the suez-corridor zone in the Red Sea — disruption events create simultaneous physical and digital chokepoints. China-funded PEACE cable adds a parallel route with different ownership and routing logic.
Infrastructure · Data · Global Flow · Energy
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