The actual story: Alcatel just stopped fixing them.

Iran's fee demands are legally unenforceable and affect less than 1% of global bandwidth, but ASN pausing Gulf repairs while Red Sea cables remain degraded from Houthi damage? That's a real gap with no easy fix.

Two chokepoints, one repair fleet.

#geopolitics #osint #subseacables #iran #hormuz #maritimesecurity #criticalinfrastructure

How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/iran-threat-internet-cables-strait-hormuz