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"They will send down remote submersibles to locate the ends of the cable then raise it to the surface and splice it" - Stuart…

"They will send down remote submersibles to locate the ends of the cable then raise it to the surface and splice it" - Stuart Gray, a spokesman for Australia's Telstra Corporation speaking after an undersea cable was damaged near Singapore blocking Internet access to millions around the world.

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