If you're using Staelite hops, be glad you ain't getting 2000ms latency...for real. Remember, it has to go 250-300 miles up into space through the atmosphere (and Ionosphere) and back before it's even routed through the Internet.

This cable cut could very well be a Military Operation, but if it was it will be covert ops. There are always things going on that people will never know about. There are alot of Countries doing some very stupid things right now, and they need a big hammer taken to their head. We provide that free of charge occasionally. There is a major war going on that will last probably our entire lifetimes. That will be ongoing until every single one of these murderers are hunted down and blown up.

It's quite possible a large strike is on the horizon. You never know. That's the beauty of it. They never know. There's no place to hide.