Presumptions of Intercontinental Broadband Availability are a significant business risk

On 26 Sep 2022, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines beneath the
Baltic Sea sustained near-simultaneous breaches (RISKS-33.47).  Less than a
week later, on 1 Oct 2022, Professor John Naughton, of the Open University
and the author of "From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What You Really Need to
Know About the Internet", published an OpEd in *The Guardian*.  The OpEd
asked an important question:

  "What would happen if someone were to deliberately sever the worldwide
  communications …

availability broadband business business risk risk